Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2cd1f3e79304f937…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 04:08:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: b13928381a1a71396beb2c2a5b32b000 SHA-1: 7777e14e6a1ce5665f81f388bacf73abe286a54f SHA-256: 2cd1f3e79304f937a6f0d78bef5e846e6c561358e7a57f60fefa034b7e69836a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or SEO poisoning by redirecting users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=white+tongue+bumps+on+back+of+tongue PDF link annotation
    • http://nagakuratrading.com/js/upload/files/jigulawifix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f6baee457c---61442780994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c86c47a419---13386606753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tentauto23.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59963280079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinhorelli.com/userfiles/file/24557021645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608087ca5e8df---81177531559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpgny.com/userfiles/files/58029828342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudateconmigo.cl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17f444e46a151010f571dacade273fbe/takedikimesisivodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0f3471cdd---nagabuwesebug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/208e11cebdfd827eb4744586719a18aa/vefenafarinosareb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b938b8f70f---verewavinalivenibew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slstudio.it/userfiles/files/92092425043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bm7ql1mash15g6bacap3tdpb9a/59622210141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smclassof57.org/clients/34860/File/25984475490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jnfarley.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/spo11dfh4i5sdqnu6qsjdku1v1/doxiwitizokumule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findmealocalpainter.com/insurazon/admin/userfiles/file/18437827499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609109acc853f---jubewapotewis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ced021446cf04b9aedcd77eaf8ed824f/giwovusefinokiboraparomuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097be88c6d1e---nikovupexevalugigekumajaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davidfauquemberg.com/home/fauquemb/david/bbdg_site/userfiles/file/51899120421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083b979df6c9---josasenotuwijerule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kristenpell.com/userfiles/files/fapewawemezoxel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viceda.com/userfiles/file/bewoseboravaregivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obrienbuilders.com/userfiles/file/20016975517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b9b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB9B8 14492 bytes
SHA-256: a060d42e1b6533b1ab354907dd4cfd719b0add3ac632632457e6cff3a24e32c5
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD76 11104 bytes
SHA-256: e0e803711dfa20bff236f66638a369aa31fecacaff17abcaaf2401f2044aa5f2
font_02_sfnt_off0000f70b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF70B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1