Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2dcf87f786e9a409…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.7 KB Created: 2021-08-14 15:55:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 45bc4f700f93b71f5d1df808b37f3127 SHA-1: 218c9e19d5d35f5429cd9c27406996fde3b74ae2 SHA-256: 2dcf87f786e9a409579901d1378c0852d1da89a9f8655c0351b14ccde360606b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users, and the link farm structure suggests an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa08239ac70---pekoremofojisipit.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://brianhaymore.com/images/e/file/13795540846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077037bcea4e---pobigugapetidezadupen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masonlegacy.org/clients/61515/File/91094830257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2e61a75dc---32313354762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiyoaquris.cn/upload/userfiles/files/20210529181622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d06867ab5d4---41663576174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iphonedown.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kofale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a1climbing.com/userfiles/files/wavase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.profiemg.cz/upload/ck/files/ponuvig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lr2g80hf0tqq5hmnqq52s0r2n7/46423360079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/11094962289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indovinandoilmondo.it/themes/userfiles//files/bikugumizedorexex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c73d60662b---lefevatopexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb057b6601---41579323536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://llibreriaha.com/img/events/file/lamopapupisusaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e7ce55de57c---75694264558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maiodi.com/userfiles/files/lugurifonesumelowaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ssaisarang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tiruwufebab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanjen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16761619044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosmopolitanhotelbg.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/23424271957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb58e220b3---timenawijisetudopev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regalmotors-jp.com/js/upload/files/18740051380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markapin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/danavijovojerewus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4407dc9d24df41524f629acbc80a3016/sudine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=all+power+rangers+series+in+orderPDF 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_off000120b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120B3 16940 bytes
SHA-256: e3646c83f4e51708ae8e151428f6fd8a38d471b97001e0ad223dc7a348282117
font_01_sfnt_off00014c5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C5D 10536 bytes
SHA-256: 0325c4d798bc8f8e1d3aa561b618e11e3a35908c6216a518b88d71c4cd5d4695
font_02_sfnt_off0001644c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1644C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1