Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2646ba362b0bc525…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-07-23 22:29:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: ed45b488959f60bc62fb2ff82305f9db SHA-1: 2b900ff9d49b32169f6a7e0d046d7a7321fe7233 SHA-256: 2646ba362b0bc525e79a6b1d15b9607ca054de47d123f43294791fbb21d92b33
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://youstore21.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28f03fc5ca376a31000367102e7a9f96/xulotagizoridodejazum.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nbulb7479reck2plsp33gsbeu7/digaforedoguvix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nqoepbv4f8d75o31aph3glusk7/mezofogizupesumixawonipov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b41f72513b4---pidepigupulowon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/51268853337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n1bvkm3aubikoq8798ei9ccor1/juzofoxameludewivitekenat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d422a67034d---tixadaradinozepil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjhywt.com/images/upload/File/55590172553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaizousha.com/js/upload/files/4393453841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szao-spb.ru/images/news/file/jedenedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f63ae897f9---wobewijiluvototimolev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd4c5902eb7---xifoturadope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/user_data/image//file/detogexomalewakipimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98cd086b8890bd82abcfc5f7b670d1de/60162564089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdsalon.ru/img/lib/file/kopagizafotidigukubatozap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://majorpropertygroup.com/userfiles/files/93390878022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afb831f2649---58482136542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichihr.com/uploads/news_file/80544681584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ah7iiibi52qod813n3jnmm6tb1/17729115967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.la-rocca.pl/app/webroot/files/files/11107314577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grand-forge.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5e5e3f54b2dffd8871470a4de11fa6a/sifezedifemivibosununo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapeutickemasaze.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2123e6aa1d---sepegemuvusuwegoruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f96738ad6d042ec18fe584cc37a433b/jeberiguwenafil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tgtech-auto.com/userfiles/file/28747491217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=viber+ios+free+download+for+iphonePDF 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_off0000efb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFB8 10692 bytes
SHA-256: 5bca3f4495808a9298934ff8956020eef72d8648583ce47a4871c272725c1497
font_01_sfnt_off000107f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107F4 18476 bytes
SHA-256: 7320e4a03c1f0a98cee84a8f495a821d139fd49119508e264880ad7c5118b14f
font_02_sfnt_off000137f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137F7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1