Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2eb4534832a0f2c2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-07-23 18:33:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 0ab3d9936bffee1bdd608c65f7a2896b SHA-1: 2c95751fef402ebfce1d5b3c8b1a21bc4e166992 SHA-256: 2eb4534832a0f2c20594b101b4b37ba6f7a54503e36081438e55c4a251b1860a
132 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities. The PDF also contains a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection further supports its malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.4320

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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://domusanna.it/userfiles/files/39903239534.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ferado.vn/userfiles/file/32394414261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altaprecision.com/userfiles/file/20122968999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henghuitong.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210701042349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/soxokuruxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bedandbreakfastchia.it/userfiles/file/gijerofonisapovipitewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2b24a69343---99082215927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chatsystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/torukezovinoreneva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilni-kadernictvi.cz/files/file/72913969191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n387su79lp3d4441b9eb32ie55/99426159473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebeautyofdesign.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mazuxesutewusavifiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geologicatoscana.eu/userfiles/files/sofitekigeruwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8e1673a789---96187837082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://princeworldwide.com/multimedia/userfiles/file/juteberusosaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b306cac264501e89f1c4bedfaa19c17d/kenisisotolomigaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076a23bcbcea---24013994192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://111-orte.de/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/donera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsp.pl/userfiles/file/18295878230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609620e8756d4---xirepinemimapojure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jordanfamilyreunions.com/clients/5/51/51534e3e38036466a76ca8a024fd4923/File/furokonekaroduda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3erpi1fn6nh54kqndcfqoac47a/xapok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fc8099016c---zuzatufiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e67df5e9c13---20662019874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tolg058jchgu6ikth2vnuhipgr/52972921644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=kinh+vinh+danh+b%E1%BA%B1ng+ti%E1%BA%BFng+anhPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000f9b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9B7 27728 bytes
SHA-256: 5d1307fbf81ab974ea041e1b758c935eb192beaa75ee418f1dd72c53216ae39c
font_01_sfnt_off00013283.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13283 10576 bytes
SHA-256: ffb566826aeb61d44f57f853df064e6f3c052eb8d9ff30d8b67e6c153abeee5e
font_02_sfnt_off000149fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x149FD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1