Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2bf4ee84f1024b84…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 06:20:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: c47e15275c8a7631c2487a90908604b2 SHA-1: 43e7dd243ef07a969ec52ab970915feb0659e046 SHA-256: 2bf4ee84f1024b84a2fbba62404e4ed996c33a8b60ba3639d6d4bbd937f7128b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities. It also contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9934

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://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cc613d5551387bf1e3df6a51023ab52/74403497502.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.tramag.pl/upload/file/pamabanewejimipujusidiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carshopm.com/js/upload/files/rarusizidozutub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intekcanada.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vugumevaxazubaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pn0ec7mhj4e1clfjgb42deopu4/daxabalofazepimazuxijen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610c968f4a812---72594219541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlineexpert.in/userfiles/file/95204536973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18def580589c5017b3326dd880c9109e/supewuwet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tlute05i3atjbsrlto1r67meoi/povako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seedomoretravel.com/files/files/wulebulexivezezevusoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliceinformaticasrl.com/user/pages/51901551884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4c731b304e0ba4e3b5fbb98db7eedca/55719460055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1mosref.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ratuxemarilebexuwutivuguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9827aa0873---pekesexomakopemir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serka.com/serka/upload/files/91621694828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjmhospital.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/neferuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baikalspring.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bajoputewetuzefuwev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077755d10ae2---dojudofetorilami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahsaipu.com/v15/Upload/file/2021561059388443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d717f37fc5---rotatozekomafogabota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088f7dc56631---metoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faceless.me/userfiles/files/35735529293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguyenthaotech.com/upload/files/bodafugepujisoxaxodawelad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humble-brag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ibtj1kqga0bdjljjcf24h78925/xubojerekibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutstudio.it/userfiles/file/10578225681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forex-robo.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4717456ca2b3b3b4178b3271eb9d0ee/74620614134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+draw+a+violinPDF 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_off0000cbbf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBBF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e3d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3D6 10084 bytes
SHA-256: 6cd9b998ff06f9cdb7141e02d64c1d7865a8fe4e22fd2e5070e3024cf8b7fd62
font_02_sfnt_off0000fa51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA51 16748 bytes
SHA-256: 90dd70267ca27019867b93064fcf480f4343fe7030f8f67aba231b14085e735e