Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b460f4eb21864bc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 07:00:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: a455bd7a5d0df5744674542035c7241c SHA-1: 0a097ecc05b55ee95cd6350747b50e93878a4e20 SHA-256: 2b460f4eb21864bcb882cf11901c9f0304e8e7e49b1a896b2e66146b0d470055
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code. Several heuristics indicate the document is part of a link farm, with many external URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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 http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38392840594.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/990da089b8ffca1782385807385fe015/31793963637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lukasikgroup.pl/Image/files/68485647015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cca7802096---29965448320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dientrotiendathc.com/media/ftp/file/dojekufufon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad3efdabee3---48224190894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6a9e282c4591a3a96aa78290e89fcc8/21013741132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095fea65d8e5---75150448307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iuoelocal870.com/kaizen/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jewusamoromomer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cymrozgreatdanes.com/clients/1/1a/1a407d8ccac5525c71aaafb6b4664123/File/40697119050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14cf0344d781922088be4bcd94f7beea/nojeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalton-english.com/userfiles/file/zodaditis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0b1dbb7cda---87665063277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bednidhitraders.com/userfiles/file/33717513405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbiotovn.com/Images_upload/files/82190378515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jjhuf7lqa7h2mj4t76bn8ks2dp/pofevunusegafiburosibus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607771a4bd259---wumugawagerix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070371e2ecb5---dabasupavafepijar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w.scenekunstskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58040637936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce73c83c3d9---zababu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c4a8830f73b48092feb091a12820a8b/ninerabazupibuvamug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobh.net/userfiles/files/fokedewajirexexeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solar-makernavi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xokamuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=new+headway+elementary+4th+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://s292376414.onlinehome.fr/datas/imgmail/file/kezonufagabuvoleneduso.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_off0000ba4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA4A 16888 bytes
SHA-256: ea1da246a0cebcf5799c56d5f948a404ec3554645def3f843032c4e3f5f04368
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5D9 10636 bytes
SHA-256: ed61badeca4df43b71457e024a89f01bc933a20bcbf5c88a2c12ad6fcefa181f
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE0F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1