Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2dc83bb72d9b043c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-06-26 01:15:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 72aa24cdcef81477aba002c074bc39ae SHA-1: 6994210295ad213e130f4509eaee4b40c69a1cb3 SHA-256: 2dc83bb72d9b043ce4da81969c0a3f3626301752ed043aba7c7ce73443af414c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The PDF also features a link farm pointing to numerous distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination or distribute payloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://roocenter.ru/upload/file/37929328059.pdf
    • https://www.wflorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0bf8106963350ab8d56bbcb79038bdf/11009322298.pdf
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5b4f6ee357e3eb23cc4832d8a8db45e/32369113845.pdf
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d2b2d2078e---fibemagisedadabuviwax.pdf
    • http://onlineticketreview.com/images/file/61088572195.pdf
    • https://realestateconnect.pro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cp88b62ol81lq9kmtu7v1ramf0/14194848188.pdf
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2852a8d931---firevu.pdf
    • https://mosconi.net/userfiles/file/90064886838.pdf
    • https://vannordenvastgoed.nl/userfiles/file/64595882980.pdf
    • http://bjaimama.com/data/upload/2021/05/file/202105232357292877.pdf
    • https://cor.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oacev5inpso1r3a72tdt01b7qh/pazefulofaro.pdf
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c11d4701219---34212350139.pdf
    • http://bjjiffy.com/upload/14801273409.pdf
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/37375211414.pdf
    • http://1137.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jezuvasajo.pdf
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c4c3fea102ef560bd28c01ba9b4789b/divaxopomazok.pdf
    • http://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/apd7tp5r3go9vqo4h1kdo5qtn1/girubimuv.pdf
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fd674d180a72b0f1d233ea1ab8c5654/16522401399.pdf
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b864d552d0185931463a04de5cf9f7ef/4169468492.pdf
    • https://www.asahinafunnels.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/drclchhid44525gkqpb5in6b5i/37481199771.pdf
    • http://fontanarosaserigrafia.it/userfiles/file/67042981845.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088b4e3d48bc---likimezogox.pdf
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c061d8bb7d5---newebamonowisoz.pdf
    • http://box8websites.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nikekiwonu.pdf
    • http://jyjwqj.com/uploadfile/file///2021060803433258.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=address+meaning+in+bengali
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e011.bin
3212510e504f3ef76f001fc9815fb340788b35efd555f5ab34e0df44452aec8f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE011 22524 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011b39.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B39 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013350.bin
f56fe61e7cf493727c417c682122de5b0f92f4ffd73faf324fec9e436a614ffd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13350 10496 bytes