Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d9491750797e05f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-08-23 12:38:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: ff89f1c62d161d5a6b42350960cd57dd SHA-1: 7f2d000c45d2f05e2401d14a34c2f065f1215534 SHA-256: 2d9491750797e05f2dfb4d72f9387dea2a9f67b2df4a6a55aa523f28e59a5d33
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. These elements suggest the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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=what+does+number+2+recycle+mean PDF link annotation
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160899b08d3b26---lulelamij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irastuff.com/admin/ckfinder/uploads/files/70528637686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://africanresearchcenter.com/userfiles/file/kapapuvutefab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee9b617901caa55e96695ad86de67b85/poxeligonudup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce1a41b3fd---zuvajibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cae295a95fa---91774785058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40dece58d0c37985fcefb09dc6489b14/foluxejodomos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morethancleaningservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/049fd870890b18b77eaf7bcd21523164/mexiwawazolobivezufumazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semangkabiji.com/contents//files/55880025450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbpartner.cz/userfiles/file/tagamosurijotodam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608019d2efe6a---filinitejuwoxigisibuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quimis.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20963326759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uclerbaklava.com/resources/file/warexepiminijugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quaint-house.com/images/blog//file/tuxami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yulintimber.cn/d/files/xaxaxoxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc0652709abdfc4a3ab880551c8185f8/bakavapetekupivedug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e605c9386479d754d7d034c0c669989/dobowenapipapururudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akpanlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/71367111179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thementalhealthadvocates.org/files/userfiles/file/15484361199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3a8f1b7dd6---65163644154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livestreaming.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59ijuurbcr066rskgj3oe2jb4bhbsrri/66950293815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dollarplus98.com/images/upload/files/tufovureludetajemejinap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aclamerica.com/customers/CMS-IMAGES/file/xeluxupokeziranopiduw.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_off0000df0a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF0A 16796 bytes
SHA-256: bb3102d8a4dcad418ed0d0b74fcd424a5832f8c14b3ec2d7fcdf5d27c76b677c
font_01_sfnt_off00010a9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A9E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000122b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122B5 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 001f6636f431d31b78ed583a79f6e4fb8c693d54c0f227331fc02fc4e1f7ed9a