Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ef74ce2bb3118c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-09-07 03:59:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: ee49c9522e6cdc5afbe346f8b4024cd9 SHA-1: 49ae945454a82d3603886b5ba92643a5c92ad81e SHA-256: 2ef74ce2bb3118c184ae6a82b06be39c09128e7c4dd77aa80f24cbea3b3d2872
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=world+map+hd+with+countries+pdf+download+free PDF link annotation
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609323101041e---tevimegegazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://location-venise.com/italie_documents/files/nigurefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b8f819e1ae---11068079491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hpmcfamilyreunion1968.com/clients/83891/File/11578813397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://englewoodgrassfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11f93d2a1070dd640bb8f9e1b503ede2/45692567374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albarossa.jp/js/upload/files/misixubapekoxuvilabapupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razdolle.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/otoqgeapddo76di7u2dhk8iki6/23918429372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a53c966e9dc---kakarez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grafosaleservice.cz/images/fck_editor/file/livakenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fjsf2o6efr68urumfc0goeof6/dupirufesirenajikemukejul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a52223d4ade---vujuzulegizikedidovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fc748364339afd4eff949ac0c8735b4/7021754370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4chan.ro/UserFiles/file/52496602638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609efe556e2f7---jefimisalikisojogitimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/gagobajurasopadut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terminarz.online/kosmetyczka/krakow/files/89302467433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuonanbinh.com/userfiles/file/68974111305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e870517cfbd---fubowulev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenline.bg/userfiles/file/78762533949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094339b16225---95666845673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifemartrealestateconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q7n6dcarj3cef0o22a7i17lob6/13565793392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keifo.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65206646505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d151.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD151 11064 bytes
SHA-256: 341fdbfe0863aab935105e01f813fc44c4d026d57b7e9a218ad75bf7c2f7254a
font_01_sfnt_off0000eaed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000102ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102FF 17696 bytes
SHA-256: b5c0702db9a7fd9da0e679f76fc3c8e32ab31d4a7b79477615e0cddc17298369