Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 240b2f880a2b030e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.6 KB Created: 2021-06-30 12:55:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 138d6b950482993aa67fca56b2a97ab5 SHA-1: 9452225ab29dbeb137d4e1ae1085c37e96125fc7 SHA-256: 240b2f880a2b030e8ae1f5c94ade9905bb02892127a9a835805d31c3a02faf8f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or SEO poisoning by directing users to potentially harmful content through a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093e531868ef---26783580794.pdf
    • http://braciszewska-klimek.pl/fck_files/file/gogenabor.pdf
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607583870b9ae---bukazowerewaso.pdf
    • http://evergreendentistryva.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kegexawa.pdf
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q1pdcsf61u9n1lok4bajn1qebl/tumigu.pdf
    • http://geose.ru/userfiles/file/mubaza.pdf
    • http://group-anons.ru/userfiles/files/5022329354.pdf
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c699ab4100c---majonuwa.pdf
    • http://danies.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56395178592.pdf
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f0def79f6f---luwovonupafixirukemav.pdf
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad4774cc072---33158638367.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c908a82fc0---21060101281.pdf
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ed1da1d1e5---97576879758.pdf
    • https://ratsimae.eemedia/contents/file/80913288559.pdf
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56e5e31ea863b918834e463f94648f07/91739882243.pdf
    • http://thingsantiquesla.com/userfiles/files/jebalorusesovef.pdf
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f4b67f13c---62789021644.pdf
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3pe0l1so6i64assn7dtkkqtc20/wibofosiligaxaluvu.pdf
    • http://astro2sphere.com/admin/images/file/samerimaxumelujulemupapi.pdf
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d1f0aebe0a---bisefubemomaborajidugudef.pdf
    • https://rintrans.com/files/253448667.pdf
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086a5d2f2ae4---pexuzovoriw.pdf
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/frneg2ph2bfs20eroop59qdkce/48073650377.pdf
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70a29edd9e51722e1ef6e3b6a426d521/modeduzepekujepine.pdf
    • http://pferdefreunde-brueckenhof.de/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/37060080577.pdf
    • http://bike-aholic.com/UserFiles/file/foxokalebok.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=essure+birth+control+class+action+lawsuit
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fe1e.bin
bd6e4649c08a97bc2c025a21b751566d24f9e29809ae38fbb4daeb66ea72c69c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE1E 10636 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001167c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1167C 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012e8e.bin
108c09d155b37bf42720fe9ab904dea28c50b464c0b82cb22e1726a3697607c6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E8E 17580 bytes