Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 261e2ff816e73e46…

MALICIOUS

PDF

187.5 KB Created: 2021-07-14 08:54:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 80b5acc501073e8e38f1b21fdb1cf4b9 SHA-1: 5121d5bfcaab4a071985677a70ab42e7d4ace16d SHA-256: 261e2ff816e73e46216ae666cd5c637d87ef42400a5f96ae259822ad7d441101
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 distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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://eldmsh1.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78538093866.pdf
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29e9afbebd9e97ff7074ac4d761e6e5c/99297315638.pdf
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/2209921501.pdf
    • https://summit-christian-academy.net/scauserfiles/files/gedetemebujewup.pdf
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095a39ac2a7c---divorikivogofad.pdf
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa81b5b299a54650de6570b80093670f/58550878679.pdf
    • http://odpadykj.cz/UserFiles/File/jefapurudi.pdf
    • http://allmedicus.com/userfiles/file/zafezu.pdf
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d36e8f7474a3fe6e669a0778c07c6db/katome.pdf
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a82f6437050a5ed1460c615e50ad346/bodukisonukixugagawuxodi.pdf
    • http://gpszone.hu/upload/userfiles/file/71007362262.pdf
    • http://chiengthai.com/file_media/file_image/file/87251703537.pdf
    • http://bensonlandscape.com/editorData/file/58014125880.pdf
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1mg7infojjaffsjh5jrvde8r6h/likugo.pdf
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b812d005e262583f367e895b29b1effb/15639943698.pdf
    • http://blackivy.pl/userfiles/file/9159667950.pdf
    • http://kfnmsz.com/upfolder/e/files/20210622144233.pdf
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e08159372a---riwobufefajofewijorag.pdf
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffa7eeba5c5bcac39f66fba8714ef3e2/60930402464.pdf
    • https://fruzsiflame.hu/userfiles/file/95403366454.pdf
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c306909df60---zebebijowiduwenigokon.pdf
    • https://dgaspcsm.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43054359527.pdf
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vccnj1gk4b2lpvhunt1j4mlkq1/97443261698.pdf
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ac0016879---90068275521.pdf
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609112a2afac4---nejoxelenunul.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=best+heart+of+azeroth+essences+hunter
    • 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_off00028048.bin
99fbb88620fed3b110b8d8f5ebf54f73dc633a9c23c341ab6855f358d5fe6f35
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x28048 17472 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0002adc4.bin
1026447a1765dc17c2d72dc55d8a8f772002ddbfd6f546b34142c84b0d8bb0be
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2ADC4 10508 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0002c5c0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2C5C0 16792 bytes