Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d5bb1d19665641d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-08-10 02:38:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 956ef9b6f900c122c759fbb4fa54fd70 SHA-1: 3e8027db95b586c30ff85e8e376e8e7497cb7073 SHA-256: 2d5bb1d19665641d88b8d4a5d1db1bbf82ed7ec958adc39c2ace4ec5990b542b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://lawtutors.co.uk/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xezopimidivif.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076cac564b4a---43594516930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dartmusicfestival.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b6bd3b3b3289fd8e399f5b2a20f1dfb/nezefux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://red-persimmons.com/upfiles/editor/files/kinidokubes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3dd234f59bd61cc85e857145c5115273/bokitutupuvemofatid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075026863d1a---zaxabaxate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stainless-faucet.com/uploads/htmlupload/files/wokimosagadejejobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktogel.com/contents//files/juxuganewituragu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brandonsmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u6vrcgh7qdmcmnqtff7ajdo4e4/naponito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stmarys-perthamboy.com/upload/File/77345801125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bjvkqrvp2ngai2gtv65p5tmea2/visujuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhanh.com/files/sojosagafuvafik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espacioschillout.es/images/admin/file/69398792225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donateagift.eu/userfiles/file/55505933223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maslatalaia.com/userfiles/file/mesukubalojuxoparoganop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e0ece7d59---mawalojofujaxejam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stallingreunion.com/clients/a/a3/a37dbb3dca22f8cb40f44de83fe48269/File/60969549980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thisissati.com/userfiles/files/muludaguziwabaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukrarnakolbaba.eu/obrazky/files/salavotoneginiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ab1168c4b3---pebikejesago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160969a01a96f1---gevotere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shsuorui.com/uploadfiles/fckeditor/20210722/file/16269619703539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://b2cexpressdemo.com/userfiles/file/pisunewebalujutef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altelaw.com/uploads/image/file/vifexij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cornucopiafrederick.com/uploads/files/fogubugokisesiwasapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=cuento+el+avion+de+la+bella+durmiente+resumenPDF 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_off0000d687.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD687 10744 bytes
SHA-256: 3cbc2ddb23528930b5fcbab3f14542ee16007558a058a15b1da83d4794027fa5
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF49 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001075b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1075B 17872 bytes
SHA-256: 25e11720a588c9a37a050c90188403b3bc791858f87f46083590c6053596ec33

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