Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2f407dc3e2dde859…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 21:04:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: dc7f1bc8e91e9c7922d1c91b0e4e6a02 SHA-1: 559cb2248269e4378f2a0bb6d087042aedbdc9db SHA-256: 2f407dc3e2dde859f33a1cf42655ff7f8fa5aa5258347b1fc72698a3e0656e32
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=per%C3%B3xido+de+benzoila+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba35644d5ce---vaminiranofoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koreaseals.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/voxujawupagute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dorrstrechy.cz/UserFiles/File/66355228199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4d7acf6880869c0e68592cb0940e13b/lezegexodukivep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cg5bjfnmvr5v0rms58rkts3afd/48166002697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ck83h8pcu0no5rhqa72m9ut3f3/sugoruguvegituguxabed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6b582f57d68cb42f25929d15b651929/poxaven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.net/contents/files/ramotol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anctools.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nudazajipogojiren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computer-rudolstadt.de/upload/file/12145600015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130b4a464e46---kutozekupemoruvipomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/41255600461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmeds.us/userfiles/file/bozaligorapewefuminanixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6c3b3bdb56---82905061161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gesas.it/media/mailinglist/file/wogizowemoxak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ryyw.com/upload/files/2021/08/202108251955325193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kibbkw.com/uploads/file/xivebalolamigili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stigstudiotecnico.it/userfiles/files/gujogukegafurimuguvumig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609587177e08f---81550164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alitec.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54108234075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.org/upload/medox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607476c13714d---58892748830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e1pl2.nazwa.pl/busy/fotki/file/mosalogem.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_off0000d52d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD52D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED3F 19328 bytes
SHA-256: eb74e2badc6164a167e2bd97494727938923790745f6908209ea6d96f94b2514
font_02_sfnt_off00011e68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E68 10664 bytes
SHA-256: ca0657f790a2cd401f9aed64a979eef9c5ec6b70e7131650c8dc22f2e436b454