Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2958422adfa07af7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 13:54:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: ed547da45a71a8146680918ccfac6042 SHA-1: cdb490751f694153928b8a69db84ff87dc385aff SHA-256: 2958422adfa07af72d49b885a4977e89d2973d96bed1045b09bac76310170634
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites 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 likely used to facilitate the redirection or obfuscate the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://lica.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xavirujipak.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospitals.org/FCKeditor/file/rodar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160855e2299604---74378978432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eaefdfe118480bc5fc2e66da5d54e0fd/80004659600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/927f127afa383b4609c1535142ff566f/duxodegabovusividogudep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmoul.com/userfiles/file/12189495521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturabliskociebie.pl/userfiles/file/73573805024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ca20767f66---76425120529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highendschmiede.de/highendfiles/file/dejopitexonul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kkvcrt32iqjupp4978s1mbpt41/jagosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073c84a344fd---mirefuxoveki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daimarconstrucciones.com/images/admin/file/kuxivuwof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/duxuluwop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yonseri.org/userfiles/files/70139816067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.perfumista.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87f88ad4ced4e4b6aae168f8ee6233b2/tusoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aadhar-interior.com/userfiles/file/folulavukedirile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarissoft.com/img/userfiles/files/67913435172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/603e4bea7b31ee25ba3096174a415001/28531405136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haustechnik-hagenauer.at/kukosenoronobutun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladangmimpi2.com/contents//files/56432613894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://franklcalabreseattorney.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/waliluvipotajotew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yalcinsezer.com/upload/ckfinder/files/nowop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isagrinio.gr/userfiles/88707436992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stollerco.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/sinoropirelemaridodif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=pattern+recognition+psychology+worksheet+answersPDF 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_off00010735.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10735 10944 bytes
SHA-256: 850e5d949e713564d3c70e6446f6c264056ac0e1ae24d9395203446942babb20
font_01_sfnt_off00012098.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12098 17776 bytes
SHA-256: 36d7c8e71dc97ef6780f7732ece081291ac0417a4afd1cbd3b67525c3d41f1df
font_02_sfnt_off00014e3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E3E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1