Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2e1a693c6fc68a4f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-07-25 05:41:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 0ed0f874257f4993bdc3d968f7be576f SHA-1: c46ba87cfbb1420ef29c46489573e40261c900a1 SHA-256: 2e1a693c6fc68a4fa798d052e451dea9b6e07ee0e6c7d4013d5d565ce7188dba
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites. These sites host other PDF files, suggesting a multi-stage lure or redirection mechanism. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2fd5d46e01---wovawupemos.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a702291cfb4---femifukisivun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jfkbckt57q8n99jo1t5ukbbqp3/tobisisufevifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longbienco.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pedapokatadosuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d1bafe89d3---93801725526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e8a7139c585e5d4317cb24c588b2435/47331509199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--54-dlcdkamdj4btild5b.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jupaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0u2gcflnpef53k675lpb99ksq4/zelemepewiwuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makingthegradetexas.com/clients/d/d4/d4716c73f098ea79da165a2194b6736a/File/zupobugavejojozutewom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandweeramsterdamamstellanden.nl/userfiles/file/finubixovelekugaveroda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dsiq4du4bqketlqt85v4i3ek83/finajigomutijilapijosisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d88a2b347ad---bisuputujopotipexotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160941315bdd40---86086853788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/95335798646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4gk95kmpvbssmbb7ulbs8rgfk9/85823829136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b63f8cccd05---nuxajirunagexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0665502e8f---wadafevevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5247a6e3baa917a93202e0924e991eb/30378434111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/83819469112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1fc02cc711---71067691616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nemdanangpho.com/uploads/2021-06-27/images/files/87168276467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahha.az/userfiles/file/72552519885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/euv17rjcfu007678cc2dmvpvv8/18602787639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieompaysdebray.fr/lesiom/txt/imgadmin/file/57360246550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+pair+hmdx+headphonesPDF 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_off0000f27f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF27F 17852 bytes
SHA-256: 398501a78cb302ed65c975c5791c69b8fcf956c0faf7b71d2764757317e07da6
font_01_sfnt_off00012181.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12181 10788 bytes
SHA-256: bddb3863ca74ea172a08a4315b65b8d72c0bdfd4c2698a197e50bcab81ee4fd0
font_02_sfnt_off00013a40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A40 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1