Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2934d27ce5959dc5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-09-16 15:22:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 14ebddb7690a1c0e8403474cd4f89fee SHA-1: c746b43c4c56bf06d22e8294ee7261309e9e4bbc SHA-256: 2934d27ce5959dc53732104bbfb715eb92fda9e2ebf65e92ddd72ed6b5a8a026
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://viettelhaiphong.me/data/dulieu/files/7307327718.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cathugo-catamarans.de/res/wysiwyg/file/gibatojovapagejuziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifbscalidad.eus/files/galeria/files/68146729105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobh.net/userfiles/files/76196191494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matricula.netlandschool.cl/files/nezexenoxamugofat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135e43e2b3ae---39227961276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pascalparrot.com/uploads/assets/file/31102730230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perechen-jurnalov.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79485323333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humidorio.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nagefamatorajekirikutogob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rc-mst.com/mst/_upload/files/31015507270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagatjyotischool.org/jagatjyotischool/userfiles/file/94573000403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vector-food.pl/userfiles/file/52687284561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicoarduini.eu/userfiles/files/12838018698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozona.pt/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/wysiwygfiles/file/vavubozovugonuweturufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asoriofrio.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kepukajodisagevepexakobaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.domaine-boussard-chablis.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7492427897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161320d39d74c2---punikebozeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagodkaprzedszkole.pl/userfiles/file/34343706760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maility.pl/_ADRESuserfiles/file/38471181522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icloudcleaners.com/uploads/account/autoresponderfiles/vovurabegojowepenedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pushtypathshala.com/demo/aims/files/images/files/14489820693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morpheus-architects.com/file_media/file_image/file/zinoforikarozaxufijewenir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgd42.ru/userfiles/file/88648163212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edac9d250264786464fc967cd21e7b75/tubunarimemiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=123movies+the+flight+attendantPDF 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_off0000ed11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED11 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010523.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10523 18184 bytes
SHA-256: 608180fe3792f7c1d67cd73b1067b4dd87f33c8a08939133584055c6a61f447e
font_02_sfnt_off00013435.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13435 11012 bytes
SHA-256: 6d67c96fd2a75cb74356de1b0b056b1c3a3225b1545f3a631a90d2266cec1c1a