Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2bc8c4e9ea7977b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.0 KB Created: 2021-07-18 20:22:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a2f1487fa8a2f914d1e765e3564a0299 SHA-1: 47274693e32afef295f37622975e2d5ddec1070e SHA-256: 2bc8c4e9ea7977b8862dd4f5f03b47b5eeda8ac15f7142bc2d47cbfc8f084be9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or payload delivery, while the link farm increases the chances of a user clicking through to a malicious site. The presence of multiple URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c97c732967e---vodixipinapow.pdf
    • https://mobistore.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6ed4f701b7574e5584ade7ec26a9aaa/71621331729.pdf
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bb8550d03d---puwofunijuga.pdf
    • https://jjmassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49b67da6e660d80f16b5670cc4117ef1/tezozuvaki.pdf
    • http://davisnewfoundlandfamilyreunion.com/clients/60627/File/73932555446.pdf
    • http://evergreendentistryva.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xadofedaxadi.pdf
    • http://geoodwierty.pl/files/file/xelarenuzokarodulolujewes.pdf
    • https://pacantioquia.org/aym_image/files/kesakibuj.pdf
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b4a49d6157---gemar.pdf
    • https://agrolliance.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68693263558.pdf
    • http://gangwontaxi.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210621_DF0BE01905F52062.pdf
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13b2rcgf1f4vhja7m8ra9utls5/naxovawotanuxur.pdf
    • http://sushimura1.com/uploads/files/42396341539.pdf
    • https://peilimineko.com/userfiles/file/41739047577.pdf
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ab044f0d02---82725818878.pdf
    • http://dichvutheapec.com/upload/FCK/file/48160838020.pdf
    • http://stepsforstarlight.org/clients/c/c6/c668404594a1c08d975ab50c7bec58f6/File/15005070597.pdf
    • http://48bulls.com/js/upload/files/duriduvowodugowazox.pdf
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c65514e7555---70898221328.pdf
    • http://johncarroll1967.com/clients/1/18/1896e795ecc2602204d707ec4e69586f/File/3510689290.pdf
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d31c5aa630---31534528865.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+pronounce+damn
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ba61.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA61 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d278.bin
0b3e70afdd820733fa3647e200cd38b3c34eb20ef175c8988e3f20df33cf557a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD278 10544 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000ea81.bin
907946cf234d7333ec8f4687cf3223c6a3b69e34a90b5f92645c7530cd77b258
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA81 16196 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off000113f0.bin
5221cc56e96b657ff7c15f49bf1fbf1b5222e15cd7ffd769ce953162a3e53832
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113F0 2064 bytes