Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2e5b62efac75725c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 06:13:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: a82aecffcd9e951784e3f7755e211e1e SHA-1: f7af92eb6f02ece9ac96c03dce825f274a9ebcfe SHA-256: 2e5b62efac75725c8c76fbd9950685b2f7bfcd671574cca3e8d6a6e1e8af506e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and a link farm on disposable hosting further indicates a malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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 https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7v967hs95v9nu9cp2t7j4num92/winodubudulurorinabe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kadernictvo-svetlana.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/51290674365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guenangequitation.fr/www/site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xavuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cityclick.it/userfiles/files/mulapowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://colegiumaniucarei.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96011789023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikincielinmak.com/upload/ckfinder/files/resowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3aef7f3c25---dulavoxani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keyseries.us/userfiles/file/91330387850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rhodeislandalpha.com/clients/56223/File/ropumabaporeloripaxulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3d7a648cc2---dimoxejupak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9789d6784c25a92a03361cbbd0971520/xakaronu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spa-salon.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77357523731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoculture.cz/admin/upload/file/53743838911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e18d8d33ea---vasuked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dutchfansitenetwork.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zadesuzapuzoberegejisape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingbikeonline.com/images/upload/File/foxipinivimedosaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec4b044cd61---nezinuzopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://industrialdevices.in/uploads/lekaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fkn2lvj13itt570lu9djceculd/32052177853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a1-automotivegroup.com/upload/files/sutuxizubopujofowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ufcnagykanizsa.hu/userfiles/file/dogikuginotenusafobozas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matrainagycsalados.hu/userfiles/file/5333989147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mitchelllawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/jufakodofaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ritadas.in/userfiles/file/63350583848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mediasingrid.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/tunawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avigailpekelman.com/sites/default/files/file/68517820735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4771b53ba2f68d81728551c5a7781b7c/88767443444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=poverty+in+south+african+schools+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_off0000dd01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD01 18584 bytes
SHA-256: a2a81049563c4f6eaf0d6357d21ac24ef7163e1c65c906bb8cbb9f4c9c80ce94
font_01_sfnt_off00010c0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C0B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012422.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12422 11000 bytes
SHA-256: 73bb881d069c7395fdb7f68791c2822b2afb1bd854db7b23da168a084e66e726