Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2f58d774d5b19250…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 02:53:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: f7f6746187ca70b01c227dbc413c24f6 SHA-1: 3ee66816f9d9834ddf1526d593a2542c1f74abc4 SHA-256: 2f58d774d5b192502da023a39ea9f45750a2559b557b079cff57c11587e3f95c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. The heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9891

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 http://sabancilojistik.com/userfiles/file/nejuxavorifawo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8egpmkntd1u4ebv4prt1q9gnj2/wogivatemur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607852fe0bd0c---55325656203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hantverkarenisandby.se/UserFiles/files/85431086380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e19183b43b0931fc54bb81ced52ec6f/28944529339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karthikeyanjayaram.in/userfiles/file/80603024533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://codecs.ro/images/file/pibaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corpusbg.com/files/fck/file/96687144236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ccfaa137f3---39681691712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--z92bzy85x.com/userData/board/file/58588411156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fj0dahgbs5pljqdh6k31v118i2/dewazoforowebijekuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161093c6b22ed7---danixebagub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thoitrangvabaoho.com/Images_upload/files/xapewog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tucsokszekszard.hu/images/news/file/76437476363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langfordfinancialservices.com/userfiles/files/vukerojapajafosojajilon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regalmotors-jp.com/js/upload/files/viwuluxemajonuvego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160991c9859f79---30421130460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keongracun.org/contents//files/94874665389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doo-san.com/userfiles/file/20210824091637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mediedil.eu/userfiles/files/65654294458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072720b99eba---26181038144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailythang.com/userfiles/files/30472638727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vnh1fh87o2040vaemrkhd7d445/72569585712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+split+and+merge+tool+freePDF 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://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_off0000e790.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE790 16568 bytes
SHA-256: fac8915ad7c51345605688498ae00605bdc236516123ad817a1ccda0630abbd4
font_01_sfnt_off000112c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112C9 10840 bytes
SHA-256: 589e2b384d600c29e76553701a9d42588b7dfe5608d275ecd1b42299ed5cfdae
font_02_sfnt_off00012b8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B8F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1