Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2caf7f06652cf464…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.9 KB Created: 2021-08-01 10:23:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: aaf41a6d984f1de5aa5263d3b49868d7 SHA-1: 1dc69bd4b211bb0bbce8e1fb06f7ae57e50af0f1 SHA-256: 2caf7f06652cf464c919fa3027064d3182417cb56fcd638da1fae2dabea9674b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous external URIs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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://tigercabinetry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a1971558af72a53479d3396dccc5cdf/guxurute.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160850a1eb4fc9---34588306612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://searchlink.org/userfiles//file/pirijoxubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bankkartya.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/297870618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--i1aam8cb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d42226aebf7c2534184dea38d4539a0/86698306615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muguet.fr/sites/default/files/file/sekifik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasargod.net/uploads/file/23585479608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0d7363fc04---76058961143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ca3eb2ea6---mozogiwenixuvoxumabisixub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098bf841a467---56054257679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consulcongress.it/uploads/assets/file/zufamogisilakix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtjjt.com/2013/upload/article/files/210723225515433252d62kr.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/knpe9p8q6uu4d0vvkuol8qkbh4/puzofadalasanabip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-krasnogorsk.ru/upload_picture/file/57188280065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac34519751f---25451942297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d06029d6f8---62002931965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constantemails.com/userfiles/file/1624276907soxuvimumebunujip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0b637e742b---tolifamov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sambelteri.com/contents//files/sifenixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5iai42klal9f0rruhoh87r4nul/tojur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080764284a82---80963527850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c19beef3e12---jivibefozomovalepefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rld-carbon.ru/file/tifuzaboxilodulamupik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=gcf+and+lcm+word+problems+worksheets+with+answers+pdfPDF 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_off0000c23e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC23E 11240 bytes
SHA-256: 1438de8605d1af81090164faef174dea59930c6d94849d3cbfd989bb7e224d09
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC3A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f44c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF44C 15988 bytes
SHA-256: c4b76f488972c13e5c21f8d9a23349b1b0911901d6f54ad937968cf10f32f631