Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2dce1a44488f79a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.3 KB Created: 2021-09-14 01:52:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 8d9ef388bf366d3df5dbfa7f51db950c SHA-1: 9ebaa12f626691e9e3cbaa2e942c7fd265467856 SHA-256: 2dce1a44488f79a4f4e71f5219021ac6078f5a71ae1498223e1013e20b3062a5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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 https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f5b96827cc06204d0e0ca890ecade5c/91230545228.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://iamtimeshare.com/userfiles/file/wusivigoxore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vagyonvedelemszolnok.hu/admin/fck_upload/file/67744167363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g55net.com/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/getarulubamike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuanlongland.com/upload/files/witalabewipokapofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdcc02421571126e639991a557751a8b/mizagixos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://copperscraphandlers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4649165452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ee6f698095---pivusipuwajisirigevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peoplesmodelinternational.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dejiputi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/utrqei3usu6gqdjrbe3jroqbq3/30272306867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tnslib.net/userfiles/files/dururijigemupevudaxikusin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://molenat-energies.fr/molenat.com/images/editor/file/63639879084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esistore.com/userfiles/file/zunumuvilagudunelox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coastalstudio.com/images/main/file/78479993352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rjbmachinery.com/d/files/61725460490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://revucue.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/balifelubatovuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rsgh8969a62fnjuplk8ltc9e6d/57666011460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szerecsengyogyszertar.hu/editor_up/4890002001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vayamcs.com/content_files/files/penapon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ww150007.linebot.net/upfile/files/20210910191116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/nerujivel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iphonedown.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32559543099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/46219929295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=convert+hexadecimal+to+ip+addressPDF 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_off0000c0ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC0EA 10976 bytes
SHA-256: de1b1c1dcb69f81e75b6ed7a920b6a635f647642b0bd4fc56ebcd972fb7790ea
font_01_sfnt_off0000da42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA42 16092 bytes
SHA-256: 7fa8666b225a6aedb9656609c38eaec6af36b216367824c7fb231468aff58c1c
font_02_sfnt_off00010360.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10360 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1