Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b405980766990b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 10:35:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 8060da332c74bf8bea41c7b09df3097d SHA-1: 04d0a2304e5c2ee018fc1e43cca6a66c7438b686 SHA-256: 2b405980766990b899eab4055ac239c2410056200f8b833cf7f2d32e35c71148
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, characteristic of a link farm used for SEO manipulation or phishing. The embedded JavaScript stream, while not directly analyzed for its payload, is a common vector for malicious activity within PDFs. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports the malicious classification.

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 http://olimpic.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14206892286.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/160b6a9dc49a27---31445298465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tigaintan.com/contents//files/62727795318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qk0u3scosncfh0m2o56vefl9ss/viwenokifaxabazonagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balaji-technology.com/userfiles/file/45175279798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecole.ru/text/images/file/71665121843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjzjygj.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/nibevadus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carsen.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/99004880929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioident.pl/photos_fck/file/47586400728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077e8393e30a---fojupiwimerabozuninozap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ks2bjiso02fkgvgd1d0dqkuu3/moxukulizupuvebareb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49130494648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b10791b45f8---4173238846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toppelletmachine.com/d/files/16899961626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.totspotdaynursery.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gekumiwik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a967d01dd29---392025370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petrduchek.com/files/nafiroxex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bffda1331ac---mesivesobawer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettoseneca.com/userfiles/files/buxujew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://govox.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dsbiitnue9aivuc73tm9su5re/93037543890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svx.su/ffile/file/pimatexabumeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocalderini.it/userfiles/files/nupabug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qqhanoman.com/contents//files/73904128227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a928b491466---nizufumijudalumamoseket.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=worksheets+for+grade+2+readingPDF 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_off0000e035.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE035 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f84c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF84C 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 1bf9959c790c02141c3abc969c02f719ec43985c493377983f557be241376abc
font_02_sfnt_off00011101.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11101 16388 bytes
SHA-256: fcb4ce8fcd325b5a632be4d2bb4323e4e483b3e33a10348398de84bf7a2e16de