Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d9e604f3d21d5bd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-06-28 14:04:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: d78ef63549ce2b4f73a29281c6d864d8 SHA-1: d6d6affce97b2b6ccfe37e28a30d2d07e0502be0 SHA-256: 2d9e604f3d21d5bd2a510b4f8e7bd046a9021eabbf542ede4eefee8ba3bc09d1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery through a link farm. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vd0jstchdvkoqe349as691plh6/1714540610.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://wildpflanzen-planung.de/file/luwijor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac5ab138069755a7a8d0b0c6d464efc0/91482431996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ea2aef472---jurar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hi-reid-solutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8840cef93f00a6b579a609d6a5befe8/tofepawozubavideligivodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c00aaaa92a6---69473592445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majubesar.net/contents//files/95258721829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b3c579986d---tetadaliwegexawimewitel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atenngo.com/admin/sites/site/documents/wogikadoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d50b108f999d34f32141cde00f2c253/jixaxurepabeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adria-ex.com/images/blog//file/87258459629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neodev.space/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af6a10d3b83---nekoledip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rovanufoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/14526023906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085416a738a1---feledokoxozosinelujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bmkdnp0p4dq22lf19gepnb902v/vezagifaropesufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavalnerina.it/userfiles/file/81800242269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/366041e076caf5ba3df02fe0f6f8678f/zubizavipan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://palezieux.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72652853876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fxmeat.com/upload/file/84a0a5010bb647ed447df912143f656f.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabbleanddesign.com/clients/c/c6/c60e280709801842a26e47e23f21f170/File/duwoluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sfied8pmp9amuqpd0ea9ptm9c1/mazoderifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guclupin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/34912407634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=csir+net+chemical+science+question+paperPDF 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_off0000ea39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA39 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010250.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10250 10916 bytes
SHA-256: cd5dc8df4342999cfae0668dca52b80b47d782d80cd432288736198dc5b29c40
font_02_sfnt_off00011b60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B60 17068 bytes
SHA-256: 3239024d3eec0f57509e3f9e10ac9b889957a8b30776199ed3feab7c48879027