Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d8c37e8af986475…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 18:04:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 40e2ad873712bdc1887a162ff504b12a SHA-1: 492e57551aa96625ca13ef7839de0398b6357e71 SHA-256: 2d8c37e8af9864755b755469e28a3b30d7011cf77378ba10c1609bb7e33d39f9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support this assessment. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=complex+fractions+worksheet+8th+grade PDF link annotation
    • http://crescentcarpets.com/userfiles/file/xofebedarokituxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gerd-pollak.de/userfiles/file/13418182587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a77c810d7df8f94698674bda40cedb2/wetorisijesuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lengthening-sldf.com/userfiles/file/56635630534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/320aa84d7218735e56ee7bb670c4f1b9/72715511586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b98b9266053---27485021704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609100db97566---41022347657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab70bf0f70ff01cc274d89b74a32f01f/30016231284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandweeramsterdamamstellanden.nl/userfiles/file/13641503549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e5c8360ced---27421069942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuccifamilyonline.com/clients/b/b5/b5aed9f4ae8fd2b300021b46b426cae6/File/61935875894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d1u8apae1ou10cfg6tg43thtm/sojofozifukuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084b9a5d6482---moxuwewamita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ba832e3a3---6784224729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teechart.com/uploads/images/files/tojibimawubusorutevuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d08ee05488772145eec3b1c9981f3a1/33395534442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34baaeb22a91d4ae17505d137ceb7e4b/93448899886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sindafaz.com.br/admin/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lepeduxisokudax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31c147ba4d357f50cb98354a2fb71968/39258692606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shamshabaddiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84144550372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/penegarakukogal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hkha.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gerurirutosexiteja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b9ccce4378---48865108207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expresskaliski.info/file/jexuwabateseluke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsoa.cn/userfiles/file/tinusamudabomokipelusudid.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_off0000e9ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9AE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000101c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101C0 21208 bytes
SHA-256: af6c981429e2543cc3e36a8ee9ca11379db673b500d571264ceabaed5617c6f9
font_02_sfnt_off00013a60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A60 11584 bytes
SHA-256: 3cbbf8ae7e79b9f6c629d25cdbfa50c0efc2d5a12344cd56e1091cfc92c8e96c