Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2e03e3955852a60d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.9 KB Created: 2021-06-27 02:03:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9b1a641f12e8814d7f9a823734402f8c SHA-1: 520a91fe26effb579147ef6f43a82bdc3c3c9246 SHA-256: 2e03e3955852a60d6f3c88b27b4add87a64bac7c7d377b8469ce3577b8a514b5
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malware via the link farm. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160835d074647c---sixugasodusuvolezuzo.pdf
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b41c6b0a8f5---bujil.pdf
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c1d40eefef75026b164ab34193de5c1/64907592106.pdf
    • https://popa.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c4d854286b3e29138b359abec1122a6/tazepusuduxikosediz.pdf
    • https://reitinguok.lt/userfiles/file/fujupolepaje.pdf
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cb300ca1f5---37941740645.pdf
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7a321913dc---55483466244.pdf
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab9671054ad---pisasesagiluxu.pdf
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088bed8556ad---21312787904.pdf
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c819d66fc6---95180020871.pdf
    • https://signika.pl/Upload/file/27853462933.pdf
    • https://xanbiente.de/userfiles/file/79865360729.pdf
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074115ba13c7---forurixazuxu.pdf
    • http://gymostrov.org/gymostrov/userfiles/file/gaxipimiwujasesugej.pdf
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080e1a2c62d9---90769615137.pdf
    • https://expresstestingatl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58077abc190113d043a8599b7f8013db/vidunilikabafiwamofefis.pdf
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87089b0471ddd575db85a38a34a99690/47738383646.pdf
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6gja0kg6fi9fll2sp8gejda6k7/foloxadegitulapum.pdf
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b92c157ad6b2d49ad4aa3c7dc3798797/fovajujuz.pdf
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160848d609ac62---77355368649.pdf
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982e2f5013b---73414899393.pdf
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m2qgfpke9mn19snv190qseo061/sunobolatebiveselanidexol.pdf
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c09296a505b---19780807727.pdf
    • http://evergreendentistryva.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3296177168.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=ambient+chord+progressions+guitar
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001224e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1224E 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00013a60.bin
89ff595138c2063754d0d6bb9540e5512cddbf7ce081f1a705ca3cae696a3057
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A60 17704 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000168fc.bin
ce967d5722811c8c97b1dcfc1ee4f1c02a4d89394957eea327d40ebf718bb0e2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x168FC 11136 bytes