Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2f701a0e8a6c3f96…

MALICIOUS

PDF

107.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 20:52:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: c0fa50613f9d081ba5a5b516148ea81a SHA-1: 97ee2354507fa4a276d35e65f2d09851f7398bc6 SHA-256: 2f701a0e8a6c3f9653e2beccd8a2787281f6bac129838d39a820a97157a3224b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=shillingburg+fundamentals+of+tooth+preparation+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a52872edd41c4cc74485e15020a788a/taximoxogegilalenura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labmansour.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gapedereziku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chsins.tw/uploads//files/202108092004403561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a030e03f62---97533747253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mmalappeenranta.com/tiedostot/files/99759037446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carstenrath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8kvp1a2cmqv3e8ljv7ieacl37j/fuxogiwelubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de179a1c979956f53eac5d903b5ae568/67779368184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rocb-ap.org/file_media/file_image/file/xosafoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://55pluscommunityspecialist.com/userfiles/files/babegavibeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brandonsmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e5fcjkgdsgdjd93e1i333mbp0/lobomid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krimgranit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0de12d0e2596e1a2d1ae567dcfda7cb0/21966530207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://condosworld.com/abisol1/userfiles/files/biborogavipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rent2day.ca/ci2/userfiles/files/zenenotoripifijowat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hawkins-kearney.com/clients/f/fa/fa1934e8f236f3272fb98c88546bd003/File/90297190096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leciv.fr/uploads/FCK_files/file/kesipedijok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607585e2d0d2c---binasotodonesinovifajiwil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.fr/menu/file/21292021384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mascotdd.com/file_media/file_image/file/25080484785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haphadoor.com/upload/files/18035666678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v79fi890h117ijph7cthlud532/19665935253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://x-software.cz/data/file/ruboluvobun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://npkfertilizerproduction.com/d/files/55112748385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160930576383b8---45766302218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svetpoznaniyaonline.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70e5db3ffe86aa4676df1f74521e8deb/samorovimafavagit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7357ebc16c---18109728175.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_off00013ced.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CED 11260 bytes
SHA-256: a03ec791ec941984bcfc4ade95cf515c66f20a8c9d8400d167f7f24be71e66d9
font_01_sfnt_off000156b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x156B1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00016ec3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16EC3 18760 bytes
SHA-256: d871f144fc67d4a8a3da96f010e998bf07cb3f569eba83763051dfff9fdd52ce