Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2120fcf933d20231…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 16:08:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 9933409d8de43a8468432bf5cd3a9486 SHA-1: 06f620236443ad478382507ede54ca3fa7b50e48 SHA-256: 2120fcf933d20231f7fb853e90de99cd0e16250fe7c080b8ac751707f637a2de
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to PDF files hosted on various domains. Heuristics indicate a link farm on disposable hosting and compromised WordPress uploads, suggesting a phishing or SEO manipulation scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to distributing further malware or phishing content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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 http://anhuizhkj.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-30/20210430020404428420.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d1083372d3e8d6b864d0a0ac58d3322/35437547696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwgulfport.com/uploads/files/77741388032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086db0b928fc---vezokekatolajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thementalhealthadvocates.org/files/userfiles/file/lonizesodunavoxuvexom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniquehotelsolutions.com/files/others/fogewinijopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ourdesign.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35725261900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2er2moo3saqu54qjteark0lrej/31894667972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netcentricnj.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ludumuzamalakegesuxitimis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://podiummagazinenews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/davabukulapinafonujolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2cb6deecae---94217562975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607602e393cb1---pizekamoborer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saktigroup.in/uploads/vijalivijilepinebopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/089e650a6e8bc39cc83ba8e4c03df2d1/14942228912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purevdavaa.mn/uploads/ckfinder/files/86959704967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://walkandwagforveterans.com/clients/9/96/96cc06f6b2a5429c1325f0b535cddba6/File/tugixuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bpsstudio.hu/uploads/62798370754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deltarents.com/upload/ckfinder/files/47224125695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mytmbc.org/fckimage/file/5893887550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/puwimasigib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forglory.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/daxadadoforagubiluganuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiace-yoshikawa.com/js/upload/files/gikolilopaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://espiber.cl/images/uploadedimages/file/55909876045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://area34.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/un3jhu9lq93fi15489g5b134f2/witejezuxuwagafuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4de0fb09bf---29477936389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acetechnology.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1h0739n8bro126scvcpmef8m5/turuxasunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=2002+bmw+m3+e46+sequential+manual+gearboxPDF 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_off0000c09a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC09A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d8b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8B1 11588 bytes
SHA-256: fb5efc8f70e5751a0e9d7611a62ccafa21d8de7a83c0d8081b40174a51b8b49c
font_02_sfnt_off0000f40e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF40E 17508 bytes
SHA-256: 0c9885beab831fafd425f4c64efee89c0da5d061f4d477c4ade82078dc60ae4a