Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ba1537c396029c5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 03:15:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: fed8e0bc28638732e4cf45f544428863 SHA-1: fed255dd8356017069fd235687d21cf579d0e7de SHA-256: 2ba1537c396029c540d5c0ef0d3ab3c54de1a6a55e69d998e1890c70c18af43a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, indicating a tactic to obscure the final malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c49a67de6bd---95523385711.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://accomplishtheimpossible.com/userfiles_ati/file/65139336909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thementalhealthadvocates.org/files/userfiles/file/tatapuxilamomutasevibugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://app0.linkeo.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68676614863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tlo.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/defesep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/050a8f531ae3002af37924db686c2e17/16733878798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28fd09b7fdbb69024d666c6e719ba12d/lopijenanif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec6e20fce07ef6c1477bc5924cee2886/98846002107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fatfailogistics.com/fckeditor/files/file/45344083758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba935f47d6d---53544695966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namngonviet.com/user-/files/93950461412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e2vgbnbfga7o3nuc5o11ap767/ruwomaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livre-art.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20768689515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4af4fa8a4bd26ad99ef0ced03d33a26/41727618783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobistore.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5644b600fd6d320f6f540cac66dce9b4/21417472285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c92ad88064---97453576183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bg0ols2pd8pmj41unant5m431d/15122638447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/60533239441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indianspringhomes.net/userfiles/files/jesolekajakupero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c3d2a5bcc712fa3a3d333243a7d9c19/44578996134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teenmag.cz/userfiles/file/paxiluvarire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acbafb93bc7---mewuxib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kidneytracker.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wakomukitipenoxajigoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davidhammerstein.org/userfiles/file/54599163779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+take+a+blurry+picturePDF 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_off0000e5ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5BA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdd1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDD1 10616 bytes
SHA-256: 6b404ebd53c08768b5a4830476548d52fd7b63dbae33acebbcf2c7b9c3d5f4f7
font_02_sfnt_off0001160b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1160B 17476 bytes
SHA-256: b340cfbcd43143002033ffc319e9b7fbd5a0fba62db889ddda88351208c299aa