Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2490571a65ea9316…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-08-12 14:48:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 23ffc2588d53f7da95c996b2eaf2d6ef SHA-1: d4f10f22ac866417ae9f28a8ef8fe3db5bd053dd SHA-256: 2490571a65ea93166ef9dc591a71d30da1f859e1b9e21885db2e0a309cf12be0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or exploitation, leading to the download of further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1167a8f51a2cec05179bab5e75ecbe07/xawerixobiz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bd6b15dfcf---lakamadelekudotura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tiwisitedof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/282981382f34c787826bf2a0f91d6b8a/wifiwinavaxukubakejaveruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983d9a1d186---89121065608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsons.eu/files/file/298702340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/957a75e3a168fc2a0309492d978f131f/gisajifipagutevujes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oiu44eel0s51h8t1udefdu64sq/86733925293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esistore.be/userfiles/file/37818411014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/864cbc89656ca65a8de615465fb89746/42316758394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16106155d01c22---momupoxematafesirifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4f7f07acd417c3909a87acd72d7e6b6/rurisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088b34bb82b0---zegudexakufekilelujixozod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viral-list-machine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/76988139035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pensionpoint.cz/userfiles/files/bojexakawisakojewawup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tekartltd.com/upload/files/61076666389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078fe79d0f9c---84789368417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://houstontca.org/Content/uploads/files/38699595805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9670284847---wegigexigijoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--or3bi2da319p.com/upload/fckeditor/file/warif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietnamairlinescorp.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ponubezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160913e5365598---ruxudeginuwurenugelifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb947f7629ed4e240e10f3e9afa79733/rigapusevagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d7072288f8---86623652629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efficimm.fr/userfiles/files/91402973379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=pathophysiology+of+heart+disease+lilly+pdf+freePDF 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_off0000f26a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF26A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010a81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A81 10788 bytes
SHA-256: 95daf7fcb98249752d4cb486cc60eebfd1600268f79e53a74b70e559292c3418
font_02_sfnt_off0001234e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1234E 16872 bytes
SHA-256: 5af2bfa325ea77b171120146008c7c1e216507a3f930db87316a3edadb1b6b15