Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2dce0b34a795e0fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-07-07 21:59:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: dd2e238fb329bcc994f80e78fb526fea SHA-1: ca3b7fc1fd9bd4c288ce468f7c888cb7a853d00d SHA-256: 2dce0b34a795e0fca2a95d316746b08f42eb9b166b2b16cb6715cda84946f060
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing content or further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075104fc4035---zarojadobajogimixoterego.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://rheumatology.institute/upload/content/file/22554004450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cfacgroupe.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/68985724492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiraz.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41794999805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082db5e0e44b---10819356239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091759165394---32145096457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c50f8c811640c4d8ff2983aaaa16f93b/sabojaxajasudap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soechi.com/userfiles/file/rexatibiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ohobc9bq0c3e2bf864fap8lnu/24444816404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160944b48ceea2---13351322079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608de7c2bc733---57743749470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ctapigroup3.com/contents//files/53567894922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3a44d9348f---jozubuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caribemed.com/userfiles/file/4328112930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d94c5a24ot2n81iu15gprhlbth/97196976507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607588801e24a---36960699357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8916848c9de537f44d1d09c50cd183f2/sigedomuxarezug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtour.vn/userfiles/file/bizuvigadabus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/984a573f1b4ba8bb933528e8a0d80881/78191143473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/91344981085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapeutickemasaze.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b4c729814c---4951523973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexus-custom.com/js/upload/files/63128937207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://industrialdevices.in/uploads/45177398504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dgssu.com/upfolder/e/files/20210704003733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081f5d0ef63e---kelovutigiditi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savvyais.com/userfiles/file/73224372805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=one+significant+figuresPDF 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_off0000eb6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB6F 10472 bytes
SHA-256: 4145a598624ac134e068a463111e95fd24dfd938bd1571adf463f138874773d4
font_01_sfnt_off00010373.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10373 17460 bytes
SHA-256: a1fb3befd53a72a994460f37873fded1d8a19f8ff996950c35588adfdd5064ef
font_02_sfnt_off000130b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130B7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1