Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2317b8c33f233878…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-08-15 12:17:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: f4aac7e2585d5184dafc4c5ce9577221 SHA-1: ceec79b1217320b612e0256356736c42e9a99574 SHA-256: 2317b8c33f233878d76960027da2092b557f7a288000e1981559c4961d350fe6
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm used for SEO poisoning or phishing. The embedded JavaScript stream and the ClamAV detection indicate malicious intent. The presence of urgency lures further supports a phishing or scam attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jnnebtljv7j12me3ac3icrtur3/48820748071.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/98949801655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9557f2839e---gujafepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6abcec3567410755209ef0e21051037a/3618386203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607592b892ab2---zorikukavek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosklo.sk/pictures/file/lagibakeribena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtselect.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bolimero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unicorn.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bejubuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nlis6015qtupouesmpraajo3l2/pulamatamitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinside.pl/userfiles/file/42035527435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160762d592d320---soxomitasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dunakanyarfesto.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kobazefanepoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsfinancialconsulting.com/userfiles/file/92433311243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasvaripalmuzeum.hu/upload/file/kixumupetitoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b6dda1c1b9b2573da3db801efa41bb1/wuwuviwowopode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dancephoto.ru/userfiles/files/69380289182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhakhoasaigonkimcuong.com/uploads/images/files/14348153613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://degeninhotel.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30204109683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharmawell.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71071958947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b97fc996a722f4933e62b3509cfa8a86/59171001216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0540264fb702357b5a3f2c23bb7002ef/53211874637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cpsguffanti.com/uploads/file/zeninoruwubefodibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fenixfalt.com/userfiles/file/30547829692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalnoboy.org/data/filestorage/upload/files/wuwadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.propertyfilevault.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed58c311948c0bbfe94f4db6659b170b/96301448180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=kokology+questions+and+answers+pdfPDF 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_off0000d5eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5EB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE02 11200 bytes
SHA-256: 8aaeeb9a75426efc977aacf678bc094f651f6e1333e76027899fa39555b513aa
font_02_sfnt_off000107e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107E8 16840 bytes
SHA-256: 3fb03ebd0df955c69a703ef47c3ba17e73598a386f3abb2d729bad57a5e278e3