Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c354e0d9f13aa49…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 02:45:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 4fd2fec54bf3e3db1c08b4841d3b12d3 SHA-1: 14226c851365b49d28485e04b1ddec8d08de0471 SHA-256: 2c354e0d9f13aa49668d8d7eee8b68114c709535066d0cdc5bb6852cc810a410
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The primary purpose appears to be redirecting users to potentially harmful websites, possibly for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ridisisudejuvimusopixa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160716c2996041---wagilime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eownauto.com/uploadpic/files/mumanusarifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldwidefilipinoalliance.com/uploadedFiles/files/74816060313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rebizplus.com/userfiles/file/viwedokuwikaxabafup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bmw-zona.ru/uploads/file/41109310358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/zazum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huthamcauquanggiap.com/upload/files/89747918607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac8138d4ae6---bajarit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/34965226679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shopinhome.com/ci/userfiles/files/wototugirodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martensmgt.com/business_school/uploads/file/nujuner.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosonhuath.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/tulaguliraxevezowuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-tes.ru/files/file/32497711406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a49r8unqt2d4dm68fmoitpqet/33155714796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://footballsod.com/images/ck-uploads/files/38517338826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ejaeurrv7nps95lte17sv3puu6/42527425600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d06aa6c463---64422013331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totounited.com/contents//files/24417971397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65eda4396e12ca586a7a5812ab4075a6/15443333957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjmcp.jp/userfiles/Image/file/bukovuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pedraferro.com/files/files/telipat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609434694703a---89062883354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=pearson+longman+photo+dictionary+worksheetsPDF 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_off0000d6ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6CE 19352 bytes
SHA-256: 70a12789183f1b335e90f01b7fb279b2bef222c1dedc1942ecf9798655c7765e
font_01_sfnt_off00010753.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10753 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011f6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F6A 11252 bytes
SHA-256: b20a03ae7960fecc29ca2c102f77fcafc3cf412db2569ff90f45b9d2a5a18ada