Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1dca2fc9987bac2e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-06-27 15:49:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 7e4d77b9060a7512770f9ad12a894597 SHA-1: dcb41b9fdfdba06255a448f553e1cd65a44cb6ab SHA-256: 1dca2fc9987bac2ebc0944fdfbd4e004bc818a78a8cd312445584850616ee0ae
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting further supports a malicious campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f78220d0b14c316edd82427708500d0e/ziwubisavajepasesodunu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://anukulagrotech.com/ci/userfiles/files/3324086706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093cf72e2b18---97406985305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607636bd2a3e6---kinotep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4baf180527---zovemex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9d74583a3b971768c0081e27d8fee6b/gujedirugobuzejuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3945ca13ed7666c7dba55b247804c28/zebimexezitezekaweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://englewoodgrassfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf5670d7c488aeeb68083599d3b30916/xubatovalutitujajexuxat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/4829559749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2b98b7e9ca---2085929353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5aadf9b5ec0c5c067e98cb557b925c73/97053239093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a86fe6a2ae4---wujikafalal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kajojafed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f10af644h4u0lgnt0tkakrq0mu/ribab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anieliasfx.com/uploads/textareas/file/ditamifek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marigabung.com/contents//files/wujerebasetinunugutoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutrisoilvietnam.com/upload/files/gunixoxiwevapabutolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mgtubj6l3mah7d88mmm3opkje1/36482277411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b06de5adea5---88455852659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6abd9aa947c4b6dbdc0ef3f9c1eb0df2/98359282257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seibyou-koujien.com/files/files/lavifev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sitoad.com/bbqjoekey/files/202106051648106450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=pack+a+punch+call+of+the+deadPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f154.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF154 17908 bytes
SHA-256: b852e62ef66a851518b64543e71d2552b7f1197f931a92c9b938dca995078236
font_01_sfnt_off0001203e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1203E 10552 bytes
SHA-256: dde2c1e9352c786394b7f520429d57af1e22b4c4e81b833894bed741e7ff71e8
font_02_sfnt_off00013846.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13846 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1