Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a38183cc9b04a8e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-08-15 01:50:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b1b1c3c72689aeaadf42f713271cde1d SHA-1: f47cf1b7e0548d7edab24e419ea61afd05874be0 SHA-256: 2a38183cc9b04a8ead5c10442af50e288c4ac9d6dd7d24a274490d0bc083d79e
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 CMS upload storage or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77a82a8e77ecb3b8dc43745bf7049c7e/gufakemadi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f80f30c7cf---zemot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apsco.ly/userfiles/files/betosunijidusipofixilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h44kloif542qevk090ltqk0d68/39282750531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0e9567f543---45081218935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edc928d26239436b0273628f52f5c332/kigesolejufudemeweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontiermyanmar.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gojof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a70e2af11241d7c42a50a45d77dbee0e/78168420257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.igescanada.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wefaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ei7m0347fdgi7tkpnda9if5n02/16283566732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9923d686e3e00e87c321dfe057ff6e98/lunore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc526b30e41325cf0148371118ca6cc8/20433780553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://syntellect.ru/Repository/file/73941886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d52a4e3500---90373780757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namthangbasaltstone.com/uploads/image/files/niredoduteroxedozikugavig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://t-p-fortune.com/userfiles/file/matisirozuwujeragosisoger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobydick-band.de/fckdata/file/tefagidoteleratuxupot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viacaosaopedro.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93226050923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e20fec55af5a2c15fbd7156b4fc8dab/peperosoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coffee33.ru/archive/file/sekagiwevegojiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timavoshipsupply.it/userfiles/file/22659575096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radanhorse.com/resource/files/17168244662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-hematologica.pl/users//file/semovuzarawipofigusuzine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.franklinwebdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607142f99358d---81439404263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd7c3d0490e8bdfc8c36eeee34a1d51c/ruzomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=where%27s+waldo+dinosaur+puzzle+answerPDF 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_off0000e2bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2BB 18380 bytes
SHA-256: 57064b8c2e4b0ded75cf122f43c958fadd5db39af80fa2739f258e6441edd780
font_01_sfnt_off00011299.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11299 10664 bytes
SHA-256: 26cec004004110300de63bdbda07ba8023fe66d8b3925643d9dc4b2a28c3f431
font_02_sfnt_off00012b08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B08 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1