Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 264b755f4e7ddd7e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-09-16 17:44:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 2b333fc963f39defbc672485b91bb432 SHA-1: 905f208755102480511475b8ad84775691b88197 SHA-256: 264b755f4e7ddd7e038a241879ad6bf8b005a3d4ba881e3852f042f3820dc11e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code, potentially to download further payloads or redirect the user to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140d29059543---rewifuje.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zensushialiso.com/uploads/files/87595084599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://penzionradvanice.cz/res/file/zasitidur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ducthanggroup.com/webroot/img/files/pawejepejuxak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sentezetutmerkezi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/dududewodovulitudaromo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://com123.vn/uploads/file/93390990046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pibmg.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/files/34719312121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isystemlab.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sevebuvimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aibasylhet.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sinetejosakesiragefep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drinkpoint.com/uploads/files/levamirusulisomojewet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mashura.co/userfiles/files/gemubezik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hemingway.bg/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30964878324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.groupe-coelho.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/butimunidiwepimuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idcla.net/upload/files/vobuvomekozutafezote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sd-admin.fazendapenaazul.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/miremidiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unite-chem.cn/upload/files/41199048390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatmfc.com/media/ftp/file/tafoduvaduwunolimebik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140b6f875740---17007480354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141905b261bc.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candientu24h.vn/webroot/img/files/tesuxirigemuwebiratetafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giverny-bkk.com/upload/files/80145711093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161353bdc519f2---20923640882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613113937152f---rulimajanonenuriso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=best+android+phone+with+least+bloatwarePDF 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_off0000e9ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9CE 10768 bytes
SHA-256: b785d74136b1bc9a21579e8edf4868296125fbf7692011605aa6a676c653d470
font_01_sfnt_off00010254.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10254 17620 bytes
SHA-256: 1dfeaf00c7353ffe93c3bf692f53bb5dd61098a0f6368306346eeae516157784
font_02_sfnt_off00013074.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13074 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1