Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2bd6779335f82b2f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.3 KB Created: 2021-07-09 21:11:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 103e4ff62166e16ac64cc7716ad6d701 SHA-1: 5090a0950c178336cc2ea2ed977c12f3e8ab371f SHA-256: 2bd6779335f82b2f43fe5a8a8177c7ad2a8503d7b906cb06434eeb56460cb0a2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file detected as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers. It contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as a link farm. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests potential for further malicious actions, such as exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

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://xn--k1akb4c.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/69423351634.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://poultech.net/d/files/10696885863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa8ca18f957dc9f1d2f480e79c8a5e97/81270615263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mudrkanuch.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/36611627730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iuvle195f7hd614e99f8kpdrt2/35438792338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/962f2cb25ec1da5b5fbdf6b13ccac6d8/59024126579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ced1449913---91005770872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillandbrownfamily.com/clients/76964/File/ladidudan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariagussago.com/userfiles/files/99559756980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92192e4e5de93c47d14248a632814472/22912096298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spearsyounglegacy.com/clients/b/b2/b2c23f164518415ec8f3c1c8d0af542d/File/8406350758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4e419bd93599579cc0946cba1c659c5/gedowarovulurijanotivak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160784171c54d2---69602189439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/265f7b2cf34ed1b17f8f6985688d4be8/dasapinarilepugojexoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e63cede600f---42736207651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ydis.kr/userfiles/file/081100272137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brandonsmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t0pns7gj5ci7slgvm3iu96d2d2/37394433477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bd86c723fd---83085685406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purpledoorchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607365b608a7c---73411417989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nslogisticservice.com/userfiles/files/zojotasuwaxuwig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4n9g5h27sqhdiukuk5nbr1mq67/kukezidopodonot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daisin1977.com/js/upload/files/216826186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3578d2e423c9d8efc000571026b5ebb/topuverekilosoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+earn+free+robuxPDF 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_off0000d2ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2CE 16352 bytes
SHA-256: 6615b920e764644cba84e7999b67732ca3d4d71457c1a8e59bcdcde057372e1b
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD31 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011548.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11548 10220 bytes
SHA-256: 100badf7a8421179b5ef6c933562a351c5b1004f6c6bb109bd675ca857cca61a