Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2dca3449d0045e64…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.1 KB Created: 2021-08-06 01:37:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: ad8d3abb9691c4fd545c25bde68b8881 SHA-1: f65a6dbfadb7feecad23aea9419c89a69f2a1167 SHA-256: 2dca3449d0045e649115b6259b93fd1e0161cc1d3c6053dce3e161281d7687d5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of a link farm pointing to numerous potentially compromised WordPress upload directories and other unknown domains further supports a phishing or malware distribution motive. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly indicates malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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 http://texmet.pl/userimages/file/dumejaxakoked.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sonnenheizung.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/denukukamuvulobim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607602676fcc5---27793707755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23pmh88jv9fhdfol7n6bn46ev9/61238870343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canxetaianhduc.com/images/file/demiguwidebalujakurenali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089a8b4ed607---76089013748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alumcity.ru/userfiles/file/nofokifegedofifili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bycongroup.com/UserFiles/file/47670752589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interel-rus.ru/test/sites/default/files/file/31700026186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phatgiaolongan.com/upload/ckupload/files/zebobunizezekore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesislighting.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a95b07eeb52eaa2dbff967b05b1ecdc/15646979409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odpadykj.cz/UserFiles/File/juwovetodilorera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c340288ad1e---norabutitopopuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imahima.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37800823304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c32c483d6---87387310825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiorumeo.it/userfiles/files/27520290250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa688eb7f2d---rogivagowakaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad93867bc29---sotodivodusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8bd84777aa---29502306490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c410f604233---dakofevitamisuzose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://somsit.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/metagigiditerur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smepil.com/ckeditor/userfiles/files/mexuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dbf5d641245df3554814274bd3d0cc3/xukuserulamabonazotutudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ae7b7a49cb---90722233179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=nintendo+switch+games+reddit+2021PDF 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_off00011845.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11845 18060 bytes
SHA-256: 7a23588301afc5d3d25d94816467abd53b18b989fb1a8c848e3d14ec6dbb0f69
font_01_sfnt_off000147ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x147AB 11128 bytes
SHA-256: 3206efb4557a07d70e5781cdd7ae969b3f1587b3506047206fd6a39301912ceb
font_02_sfnt_off0001616c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1616C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1