Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2dd78bc73efa527d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.3 KB Created: 2021-08-03 12:49:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: e18ba8a88f56d0ec7a78964d032d6db2 SHA-1: a377d413376b7b65641d9507b948ec7fb7caa3b2 SHA-256: 2dd78bc73efa527df775eb72e3b311dda5e8667af279790463357cbc8da35ac5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and external links. Several URLs point to compromised WordPress uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm used for redirection. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f8c1187bee---99079770977.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://palcev.ru/userfiles/file/vivudadap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8g7ms21ddr6irbpeoi9augme3/zajenotufixaroraviwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triangle-electronics.com/assets/userfiles/file/xudov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marathonroller.com/userfiles/files/xatadotovawozatosoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7b3b164e3b---ladovilek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nrnchina.com/test/images/ckfinder/files/13134161825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://popnmusic.fr/userfiles/file/36396345085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://murten-hotels.ch/userfiles/files/95448866807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a816aa0bf33---94976954191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://to-kajihan.net/js/upload/files/32952064948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rafaelokazakov.com/file/69961408953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c08066ed23a---72041802094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orderpoet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuferofefubemerekoraxude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a6881e21c2d8b8d84247fdf92d16864/poniwikisuloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/259e782b921694a6e3e495c03132a2a3/xejagezanugalomakajet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf33eaf09a366ba2f42021ecd86da629/8856538278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b57816ac5e9---967094529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079307a462fd---83576768428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210504050546047116s4gb8j.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb38faea581---80175024550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c79006dd76d---59820917201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/61670111597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulongvungtau.com/media/ftp/file/napefazemer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c3280a02121d2ad02d1a782bbb5a092/dasuputixuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+bypass+google+account+on+motorola+e5+playPDF 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_off000104cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104CD 17996 bytes
SHA-256: 18dce9916e12b0d15e5e846298c250fcf9f54b5880db29d7004dfb548e0966ee
font_01_sfnt_off00013457.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13457 11192 bytes
SHA-256: 7d7e6d9e37e0cc69b14741533f08995f36b98db10eebfc683e7fc69544abb6f8
font_02_sfnt_off00014e74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E74 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1