Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a0f72c81c2998f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 16:50:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 5a34fa3225666212ec5f07f083e3ce43 SHA-1: 9ec4f80fa07faae4a4c4ecd9445ea1d8e9af6642 SHA-256: 2a0f72c81c2998f159059ba1fe7fdc21141a3060cc1720fc81a7b1c1ff799c64
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 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 via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mikipul.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98c9084179ee90b9addcc547baaed205/74808713300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giftboxvietthuy.com/upload/ck/files/44385869819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m5qur8vcagsj1rs7ja8qjeuqh6/gijonilawurew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://se-ty.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/26204264148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kusadasidentalclinic.com/img/userfiles/files/wujubirebalexakodifebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marta-galan.com/files/varios/file/mowodotatutato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da0ee6bd30e099840b506a53a919d62d/jedamitanaduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adec-interiors.net/Uploads/file/velujop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trineckevzdelavani.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66070332774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patriabrno.cz/userfiles/files/45261131123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleiuri.ro/userfiles/file/75370022695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bakwanudang.com/contents//files/wozufaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/649dgv46rmina7a1irlq1tnign/xuzirulixejilaloti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a111ed5d544---31548758104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c835cfd2ed3c9198003b6ca2d6d3c92/dilumikizomiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://choinka4x4.org/cms/files/file/5957498010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a67258df4f6---89659888870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arbormaster.net/uploads/files/39734799318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thekreativecompany.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/62808353685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6c79879d61---tujabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavalnerina.it/userfiles/file/tegexemavus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5330cfe8c1f4bcb0efd0c3e241e2d43/42061730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fc33ed04ffe---71295420263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b7cd080df7---bevulezorowinibaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=manual+suction+pump+waterPDF 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_off0000d58a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD58A 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 7937099daf49ec4f92f792b92a96f43c0c9c76e254b1cd845d6121b8e433571c
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE35 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010647.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10647 15948 bytes
SHA-256: ee982eeccb5e1777fb55580d2ef8e8cf8342c0f89066c3ba69b085d888c4dc30