Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2f284b23788c75fa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-08-20 13:34:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 9f004be046cd9fa2ea90f7fd0d604bf1 SHA-1: e6a54d8bc46988bfb2a5eda06ee09ea32b3e6c74 SHA-256: 2f284b23788c75fa740f4e0b2a666f1d428e96b94aa618e1e050dfa18b607187
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a malicious intent to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this is a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+read+a+wire+transfer PDF link annotation
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d53e478d865---55508658047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083703b0be64---kususiberurerew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be2c061d236---sugofogamev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a39dc0365c8---mazudevovaxaradenefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenlivinggarden.com/htdocs/UserFiles/file/9924194890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doxity.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wavatojodupagokuxanirigex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilexgold.com/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/3102937737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/nejoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matrainagycsalados.hu/userfiles/file/14862366269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b293e388618---76435175405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d6eb22d709---bewedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f4c6ea783b---65592033934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioambienteterritorio.it/userfiles/files/juwesulesagixuxotaroliga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kemenyseprosiklos.hu/upload/file/puvixizulunuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b21d33a6a74---malibufuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/490944cd099dcd0d1a57d4ffa876fd3d/fulavunujezewujajivisev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f5dcada34---ruvixelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heorungminhphat.com/luutru/files/983152542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d83a9364aaa---fajukakimozesijisuxew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607078a15a24e---ruxexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawtutors.co.uk/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/runuluwiputakixelalufire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubkdo.fr/img/pics/files/jodekotoxuzofijudezime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c37ab3ccca6---vupaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beldapromosyon.com/calisma2/files/uploads/xuxor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://symbioticlifetech.org/attfile/fckimg/file///2021051085728_62337704.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_off0000e5db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5DB 16824 bytes
SHA-256: 30962f8ed72ad9fde1c46877a45ab0ae13993af5f713840be7125eaa4623eaf3
font_01_sfnt_off000111c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111C8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000129df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129DF 10380 bytes
SHA-256: 27ed4adffbc7eda9f95bb05b2bd0d4d669d5bb49f42dcc47068cf4f489a4f7a8