Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ad6437abe60ed66…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-07-21 01:13:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 97e2e6a55acc5429a82381e8da7f9fc6 SHA-1: 28f364b691e1e54a8d578dd9dedb01955de494fe SHA-256: 2ad6437abe60ed66877c6c204378bebcee8104ecdba8ccf1761b7bbfd68818f2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for executing the redirection or further payload download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d795d800048---14926039576.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ir0igcfk8ahmv70p4duduhf6g5/62236171351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b116bf3ec8c---38252870907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df9324a996e---zepofekusabuwozunajebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://border-inn.com/CKEdit/upload/files/6408977720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tevk8red5ncsd63t4fberqp27q/likokiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9d0dfc73d0---60838880197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serwisnawigacji.pl/userfiles/file/pumobajasevanonisusilalep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d43576b9a0---limixikiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5ecb38a5a2---zasoraparigafife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c219cc65e01---99354698552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kursadowicz.pl/Upload/file/disiwodusiloxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ad2a0eb003---59685617051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mxagproducts.com/upload/browse/file/purex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b41921e211---20462812010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccshecea.org/upload/files/rafaxaguwebonus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2700aeb3e3---10420307284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocoenglish.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/tamapemalavibuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/olni89veb4ovdsfagiid71k8t5/10898201594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071ec0f4cc56---bolokod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gok-maciejowice.pl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59185013355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9394a44ca77fb17accee9348a206f2db/putinadazarulaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b5b6b830c7378e6863411db5e8f3593/xavoralenubopejovum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://implant-drill.com/userfiles/file/43909528507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=uhf+ultra+high+frequencyPDF 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_off0000fda7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDA7 17696 bytes
SHA-256: 6256c9150ca2f11e15175265e7caf2fcbf2daef16422ec7d731b1fc73e464cf0
font_01_sfnt_off00012c19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C19 10692 bytes
SHA-256: 5e807f0eb0b359ba16351007b5fa8af19b6fea67b209af2c52fc7b39be0933f4
font_02_sfnt_off00014445.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14445 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1