Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2744d368115b4819…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-19 04:04:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: eaabd8bbcb117d4587b5f982d505a29e SHA-1: 81e09d7f58037f33a14218e158cba9028e1fed83 SHA-256: 2744d368115b4819d2804c84f59ff23eb443c50e2cd26773b546414704c87e5c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, which are likely hosting malicious PDF files. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' indicate a pattern of using compromised or disposable hosting for distributing further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/as51blgdqp1fj4tltc89ovm9r5/gisidezizopupijifezodufef.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1agjlwjc3g.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41762252666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140c4b807105---80734273802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shoreluxurylimos.com/userfiles/files/66917574861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fa6e3c33da---sefidurimofalodoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunnyrosesschool.com/userfiles/file/3153764005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruta.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91257954290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161329dd4e78c5---74255823338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divetechmarine.com/contents/files/vilulikexelidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0n3j4p76mthpb551nibmtvgn58/10957208313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.binghan.my/userfiles/file/82484968691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytekas.com/UserFiles/file/lagozapok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlzj.net/upload/files/20210913012537900992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanboo.cn/Uploads/file/2021090721105770554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ffae13ed1c---91767860047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f5d43782f3---xifepovezijitukaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesartsdansmonjardin.com/userfiles/file/20210906021748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1hozain.ru/files/userfiles/files/somebonuzasawej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ed529b1f58---44967494421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.egavilanes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wopoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-5/20210905072608869775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexus-custom.com/js/upload/files/47068832637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bahispesinde.com/gnc/veri/_files/86920282156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinalabware.es/d/files/jafabodevis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=ps4+remote+play+apk+latest+versionPDF 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_off0000e231.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE231 18172 bytes
SHA-256: 2c42df2ba06012f0a9f896bcb73d365a233a17a08ff00f43f49ee6448222c40d
font_01_sfnt_off000110eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110EB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012902.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12902 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 3dd0d7f1f23af15521a3806bcc8ddf9d48dc18c5b10ecbbde986284f1a81e1b0