Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2432a9a3ee529bbb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-08-30 19:48:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: d9daf42f1fed81304d068544e0490aa8 SHA-1: 3f3ab381d7124b5d1c398dcd93c428f94516b6d5 SHA-256: 2432a9a3ee529bbb7b84ef6623bf6f03cf804ddaedbab6c29f9bed5dec5f8cf5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for malicious documents. It also contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 http://konsultacjenaukowe.eu/Upload/file/xalipusuzanumidusomakix.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://drsubhashawale.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62094755877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beloezoloto.ru/userfiles/file/jibokawototomune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamnanyno.com/luutru/files/buwomonubevevofurofalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/file/fuxidakolese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baxsporthorses.nl/userfiles/file/sijavudemof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071d103a3d7a---navagonedog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/194a81cd0a0a8b644da83dd9bc4efe7a/dulokoditozerepiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exteractif.fr/pictures/2/59644094048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25123df2fd26ee0caef811279840aa53/xizeberevijesedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ill755q3ckbqbr7o8p9a62rkv2/zisinepimog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21f360fbd051b3292d526d87025c36cd/27019007603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immodraft.nrw/images/architekten_agentur_images_/file/xadopelimabekitanogod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanboo.cn/Uploads/file/2021052805070370554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamshs-pdx.com/clients/d/d3/d3c120c733f7363e2cdaef2cff5f3687/File/waxodeduxurova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160756908c6da2---97546493353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4998horo.gmmwireless.com/contents/files/66733065226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joy05.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/86091212802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finalstage.biz/js/upload/files/61931900849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0vote.com/ckfinder/files/wanuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cv-vezouze.fr/media/file/7094072144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b42d3890f5a---74853202218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbfeahwarn6ac1adp3fb2p.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/rinefisovulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61737e0373a5d4d4902590ba8bd81dc9/88222741124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=suicide+notes+michael+thomas+ford+pdf+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_off0000d3c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3C5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ebdc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBDC 11148 bytes
SHA-256: 14c6f99b57d6bf652bdd4908a2bb84dc8767313d021762ba7850f7b6d9ddd9de
font_02_sfnt_off000105bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105BD 17720 bytes
SHA-256: ac6aaa0ec53e29a1cfcc49973e74f4bb0c0c2602507e550aca84b8466fc8ad27