Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2e5888bb76d9ad16…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 23:24:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: ab549e67700438330639a91c0c54dc88 SHA-1: 8119eee2ff87ddc50d1250b85e3421ef5dc5ce82 SHA-256: 2e5888bb76d9ad161c017793f15f202748a770c9e1f6b0f37d89315e5546a43d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ffb2d92749---68673629764.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodomus.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95746713603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cowichanseniors.ca/userfiles/file/dijibewazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guenangequitation.fr/www/site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84266189881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e7acbef059---nanexiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjaimama.com/data/upload/2021/06/file/202106252316197301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saintthomasmonrovia.org/clients/a/a7/a774d5b45fc75aba9c6fcf07501e1e58/File/fafopaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rockyshairsalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0250enpbo0c3t12bh426l4gm30/80300724376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimyasaldubeller.com/upload/ckfinder/files/zuvot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f73daa76fe---monowanaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivetripper.com/userfiles2020/files/74714981500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanagustin.cl/files/zivajowobidiwopakeregoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/64271859598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7a15a94a10---doxaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ticketsperiodico.com/galeria/files/widop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seedcambodia.org/htdocs/cljr/data/files/55573908632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsstaff.com/uploads/file/muxinesovovud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prestinireedcorp.com/userfiles/files/vinajudidekaxodapagivaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aca368f1d25---13068364824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7eb3kdhaslfbsp16pbbs0biua6/ximamovoluvugujom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-newsletter.com/ckupload/files/dijolafasilevopax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=instrument+flight+manual+pdfPDF 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_off0000cdb3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDB3 10876 bytes
SHA-256: a86fdca7baf3ec111f27541378f61380871336870a06470187f84d0b1eaaf93a
font_01_sfnt_off0000e663.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE663 17196 bytes
SHA-256: ac53884ac12367650418bd7b664a480a5da6279679732c82363aeac6f72576ca
font_02_sfnt_off0001130b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1130B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1