Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2f2d5e701c2bfed9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 20:49:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 77d7c04b2bb130f282c09df69983d7c2 SHA-1: 0d2ef0091fa4461584dbd464b7964995600673cf SHA-256: 2f2d5e701c2bfed9c89ddbd2653b826f523b5e6ff30eeaa8024e2f36f61fe85d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://edarky.net/data/file/96973308617.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4bc2d593a2aaf186a60c86216b6bf97/60211914615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ceb030a449697637508e2df40958310/32690520913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcccmiennam.com/media/ftp/file/dekotoxixenasesete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/rinujurosaponal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d749552e5f0c4519ee04a5647ea06b4d/38120478425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indemo.pl/Image/files/40847010388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71af91bdb71ff085f90e534c803b45ed/kuvifujalure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaimano.it/file/fimodage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liyangah.com/Upload/file/tirewudoged.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hnc6alm6p7a152bsiq25o4f89j/69521830880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uk-finansist.ru/userfiles/file/35362836553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motorlustor.net/userfiles/file/zadovukinamafose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c77a5c3da7a---vefumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.artefuoricentro.it/js/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/meziwupelewef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yellowstonewildlife.com/gitivire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roomart.uz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73076868622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/se7iip14qpaeetnrtespm5b9ta/73705328694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ff95b4ce94---lozememoribifobevapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609380a14d2c3---xelufogopusobisiviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iccj.jp/images/uploads/fckeditor/file/saturadexafowasonufatud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089b4de36cc0---xixatiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babamoleskine.com/files/file/dupisibife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=uniquely+human+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_off0000db52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB52 10644 bytes
SHA-256: 3290f488d211be1aec445ddaa990959f60f4e4a4ff1fde42e8400539b9f40001
font_01_sfnt_off0000f331.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF331 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010b43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B43 18540 bytes
SHA-256: 1911050e16c5a0ec2b2da3b3d3d9ee4e979b4bfbf14fb5a0f0f65dd64ad540b4