Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2281f27c61e11eeb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 03:23:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 603270642060255c3fc64d302d8069c6 SHA-1: 3de3d1ed29253c898079a61069c9aeb5602da07a SHA-256: 2281f27c61e11eeb0b4a58d6387f80f71d75f08b4c7bf76d44b299ebb20ee40b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://criteriacambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jhig6hajntsp18rm08hetit39o/rezesodixinogur.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e16030c45dbbfcf6d6415a1ef80e5f3/68797611265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c139jp2t8pfbptjkksi4rtalk1/28005824262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alessandrobelleseveterinario.eu/userfiles/files/82711710351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://demetraproject.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38549209135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgb.se/filer/file/74704463291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90dfe94091ga5s4nbpre7aqvti/xoxuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cellesekorea.com/ckupload/files/gagipelabipiwinipefida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc9e4d6293b---lesuxaletabukesomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corpusbg.com/files/fck/file/43353552258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c488449fee7c45dfe8b4a5097aec5cf1/3318269394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jurad.eu/files/file/ginisikemukoparewiben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mitsubishilongbien.vn/images/ckeditor/files/92586567575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3c4cc148d---xiziwisalutigoluzeluro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b547219a83e---11841022640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spbmworld.com/anaeter_capital/siteadmin/userfiles/files/fimuzebekakagujusokemuweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98ac061223ed63790233432a6b7cbbd4/59034049921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bjjewels.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/jinuxotilitimodonufiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rama-sp.com/rama/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dabaxuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fc7cd3c27ffaa48fa55a9ae034e76e4/98984646428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18mdms75hfhggshq5detdlio27/6541462430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=one+call+away+instrumental+downloadPDF 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_off0000d860.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD860 10856 bytes
SHA-256: 10cfc7f5a612dccf9e25161e56a5b6d7f94209fa76cbbac72a0ca115b2ab4838
font_01_sfnt_off0000f190.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF190 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000109a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109A2 20404 bytes
SHA-256: 5a0c1edce88145f490a795dd5ec177a38746a69d6f664c31eb9d736301da4644