Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2f144e57c9e30f94…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-08-16 07:04:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: d27a93b5a73b206381718d83c698e880 SHA-1: 00e66c3ad1eaab79a7b4cec7e63efb2a940b6ee9 SHA-256: 2f144e57c9e30f94b00105b677a3083003a82f6701f34ebef9224e869c44f84f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is a link farm on disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or SEO poisoning campaign. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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.prestigeautobody.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5b2f30e04b33d248dec6c7f4ae0b593/44785466077.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de2e0c98966---jibalifarega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q7vq1v1qhd7bbfli93aghidogr/govil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081896f2553e---75780191966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floraplant.gr/FCKeditor/userimages/file/nobevuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiozammuner.eu/userfiles/files/kerokajufel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1o3lpjbgj9got5ks2e92oobn5k/98754251261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irths.com/upload_files/files/34217897237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8cb0668784---71121880360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monkey-do.net/userfiles/file/sugitupevarewirumibafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3a5491a13436876e31d76f780114ca5/426429430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alquilerbares.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b5e098a417---41663582770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ceeeda4419---29710183317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carnow.jp/js/upload/files/6277621328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watdoenwevandaag.nl/upload/nitujawiguxifusidot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hodinovysoused.cz/upload/file/37085971266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikludava.lt/images/files/5779526217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lacasedescaraibes.fr/file/nuvedetabozojot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paillasse.hu/userfiles/file/kugesajuvumiduvopotuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lindendirect.com/tempimg/file/70044048856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a42887b14cb---6170806833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160700dc671843---rotozavibatesokowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=actividades+matematicas+6+primaria+onlinePDF link annotation
    • https://mediaget.com/userfiles/files/xujapakojonizorika.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_off0000d75f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD75F 17508 bytes
SHA-256: 943c868c1b6c9c1443d9c88d1fc26ad88ab180030d71e458012f1560b18b65e0
font_01_sfnt_off00010404.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10404 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011c1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C1B 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 8955c1b355b583fed43ddaa511ffc601d17e995cddd21ade1698d2c181558299