Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b8d3e1afe97142a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 16:11:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: f8eae79f3de11d30e6960293b50dbed4 SHA-1: a740c6bfbd5066c81b9948d0a0101b7315220152 SHA-256: 2b8d3e1afe97142a60ac2bd533c3566f781fc1237cc43ff016c1f407fd4efd3c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting. This strongly suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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://ariconium.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59761752461.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ed808daf4a4275bc9375508a093d3c2/mevoviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abcoegypt.com/userfiles/files/67313536125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607794ca6bed0---97632926404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08edefe7bdc81b53c3551b66f423c4f3/lubuxugowunul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jonme.net/ckupload/files/33820520758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/364c0c7fc627f654e2890374682fe846/49856467025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bec29f9b19b---69177207621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plasy.com/uploads/file/dotabavusizegiravoluzozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hpmcfamilyreunion1968.com/clients/83891/File/2972324415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/26286831326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shepardfarm.com/clients/877021/File/kipidezitiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitytradecapital.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39894478709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotspot-usa.com/js/upload/files/1632858804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5173b7d0e4---72008616972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mokhalasati.com/userfiles/files/zurawajumijen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3e-recycling.ru/app/webroot/filesfiles/niziwaxefiwefesupetarin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seasonsblinds.com/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84895635669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nosolodespedidas.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b86a896b2a---90751793444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9450be242637db00415caefe4f51712d/falozinixegowixemorodiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb4ed77c4bb---milowovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canavesiobruno-architetti.it/userfiles/files/40826850378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://next-engineering.com/userfiles/files/81818228384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cc3cc89d22e27d3d0e9aee6ec8bf5c0/35664357331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5proqa7096cqm2dm6s72jonsnv/gatakovizipuvelozegone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=graco+3+in+1+stroller+manualPDF 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_off0000bada.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBADA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d2f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2F1 10752 bytes
SHA-256: a0bab7b12b186dee78f9c0cc267336f35e88617f49c07a54f0316b68bc0d2005
font_02_sfnt_off0000ebc0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBC0 17028 bytes
SHA-256: 1d6fdd93b83d38d6db68574b86804111ac1ccacba34ff2cf6dffcd2d5365377f