Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ce319f927e287f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 23:02:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 9aa5b21c7511bbe5e41e3729f2e38521 SHA-1: d1b3dafa691b68785b90bf71f6941c959bef362e SHA-256: 2ce319f927e287f129afbe0eca867cc1be820402501b799ded7d0ef607e9f222
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or IP addresses, indicating a malicious intent to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this PDF is a phishing or malware distribution vehicle. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=carl+zimmer+evolution+making+sense+of+life+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://chaletsuenodesol.de/files/80553976153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfapilates.pl/upload/file/53307520652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giverny-bkk.com/upload/files/10197938283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ydis.kr/userfiles/file/110344103823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608466b8c2e4f---vizesobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gianniarnaudo.com/userfiles/files/jaxujejexozumalax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://melnikhouse.com/userfiles/file/kutusonezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0334266664---86977855109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecnicadovolante.com/images/file/vulumigedexolokatuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a76585769e---neforewixoruvugorulew.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://www.naraihillgolf.com/admin/userfiles/file/xofojusafapodew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rebizplus.com/userfiles/file/tiwidabikij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expresstestingatl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afa206fb0b9e3641b8fac18ff62a3f57/43443437391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opsclown.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18765113844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://supermarketdv.ru/files/file/jegudodipakolovukulof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/149077e3e1f84b79b3d7317d2068216a/57276539605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettotoma.it/userfiles/files/42915519264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce6b3491523---kibenifot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.milestonesmn.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89902571030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ff1e9c340e---43834845196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosaloncenter.com/uploads/file/wugobibokumepevufonuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldenpeak.it/userfiles/files/kozud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d2aac8387f---bagotatok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rocincorporated.com/domain.com/images/dynamic_pages/file/34935880808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hndgyl.com/v15/Upload/file/2021619336565739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birgatour.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70376296534.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_off0000e301.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE301 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB18 11188 bytes
SHA-256: 825ff8bc4ead62738b0d7c5cdbabf2261f2d4bf82d280c30ca1470eb10288ecd
font_02_sfnt_off00011523.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11523 17544 bytes
SHA-256: 982dd5c8d6a8c2d67ab844678f258817a8ad97f4de25aed0ec3b93c2893b33ac