Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a3ca7f7b861b772…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 05:53:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 1b387de6f80f6f3b1a19ffa1b0a1e04d SHA-1: f99fc72d266f2571fd98687d4460d35cbb81e100 SHA-256: 2a3ca7f7b861b772c460b228100d8560c9cef5c358c0cbe2126b1a7392a1d156
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, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dsm+5+criteria+for+dementia+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc0e934661---34389849465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abcbyspu.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/pedosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vesitiwogosiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turhantur.com/turhantur/files/20422477746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c476e78a2f6---kesobopuxizadomowekadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pilot-market.ru/new/files/file/sovexipawaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lordbeaverbrook1973.com/clients/76835/File/xuvesakefasazexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/491187e91d6b67eaf24d1874ecbd8957/50716233434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heart-calligraphy.com/uploads/files/202109031155182218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elsekmont.eu/userfiles/file/lolutujaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/62032470028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s24uvkdutu85gvso7rihst273f/rovon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daynexweb.com/upload/ckfinder/files/61604574733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e49d181d323---miridul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saigonradio.com/userfiles/file/19841208298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pizzeria-millemiglia.de/app/webroot/img/editor/file/siwotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferramentabelleggia.it/public/file/78021322180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizhkj.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-24/20210624015630904785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://osikovo.eu/webroot/img/content/files/30628086756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onderdurdu.com/upload/ckfinder/files/bokofixozik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antitumor.org/filespath/files/20210819013747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m3sau4mkc8tvoe1j2v1mrjqrhl/13686825406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ateliergermain.net/sites/default/files/file/nogikafekipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davisfolk.net/clients/1/1f/1f1070e31f35868a9a13f38ee7dc887f/File/53576384731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e50c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE50C 17328 bytes
SHA-256: b130b65e84ef23bc4621231e81dbd6b0c75fb33f3999b4bfb75115c6ab159a48
font_01_sfnt_off0001119d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1119D 10868 bytes
SHA-256: 08e1c7afa6e15609027f90ff688591379e546e69c9c804a9808f4518265ef12d
font_02_sfnt_off00012ac0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AC0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1