Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2823ea160ec6f5e4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 10:47:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: bdf6e4a7fe177b480485fba8831ea7a6 SHA-1: cfb5373e824c2fa07c0f59d28fbbf39cd318abc2 SHA-256: 2823ea160ec6f5e4445ecdf7ae708a54caff8b10848740584fb6281baa664b12
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to disposable domains or compromised CMS uploads, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

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://baoyi-chuck.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xenukogefu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://geyikkimya.com/userfiles/upload/file/lewuxugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maconlux.ovh/userfiles/files/64490495842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benardoutlite.com/admin/fckeditor/fckdata/file/33843352106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emons-verlag.com/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/14211362764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a097617bc90---najaxuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d1e5c74112a5dd9d7dffaf8369952ee/80775252082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e3eb3d9c85---dunovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southport1969.com/clients/861680/File/gawez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtlebanon62.com/clients/5/5e/5ee551a8be14a26d7d76bc5e90dd1372/File/92190195379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mediasingrid.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/40935266697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa8dcf5b231---mifinidimeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wspaperbag.com/userfiles/file/1415079480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightsourceindiana.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af373c22ceb064018acadd5833f4d803/62669422165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6663ff18897c041be4a2a2aa2cfbf25/losegisojoziwat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://celiapopememorial.com/clients/4/45/45605e685ba8a3b32f56966823665796/File/kuzilujizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monocroma.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f42fb9bf8262114acc38cc01f086e27b/jositoxal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ptjofgn8l0dla183k89rgr8l60/85615624899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alutat.com/data/file/loxibukafenafazuzul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dges.in/userfiles/file/fepadafikopovotixap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd5210e00a5---75575057302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traonguoc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4nvskd75ods9al6icnomsrv3k0/15777698942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caryhigh1987.com/clients/41333/File/rilepuwipukubelalal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bustotoronto.com/userfiles/file/90071683600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092538c22d07---worurujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=kia+picanto+2004+manualPDF 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_off0000c0e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC0E2 10548 bytes
SHA-256: 3b8a7508bc5e221970a534eece7e5b421098e939d314a717e7d9c5b47e835ed8
font_01_sfnt_off0000d8f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8F5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f107.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF107 18956 bytes
SHA-256: fbf080c60a61b55fcaa7b84423d5a2f39b92c13aa05cea4a38790aacb9c94db4