Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2f787a38762cd1b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-18 03:45:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 3075c653932259d13076abed40ff32ba SHA-1: 4484a8db24a0033ad891a3f9ce74f0fcd1d67a97 SHA-256: 2f787a38762cd1b8f71cbdbc0d167d4a6afd7e9f160468e549d28737c2c7782e
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting it's designed to host or distribute malicious content. The heuristic 'SE_ENABLE_LURE' indicates the document likely instructs the user to enable macros or editing, a common tactic for malware droppers.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Macro/content-enable lure medium SE_ENABLE_LURE
    Document instructs the user to enable macros or editing — a common technique used by malware droppers to bypass Office macro security settings
  • 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://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/zosegojopadenovukovezewa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://univerosg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99028822138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161383723af6b7---ginewurugewege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chp-travel.ir/data/file/golare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tagsu.com/attachments/fckattachments/file/tupemuzugumibajomifuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tktravelkorea.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210917_6B268A8EFF165CD9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133e912e1af7---pilorudukaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://old.arcnet.org.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zavegunepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evrenmentese.com/upload/ckfinder/files/gazunej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/nelavijevikalivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavachhaiphong.com/upload/files/taxokulugudisiluzevoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tortugafilms.ca/adminfiles/file/46173487859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://igs.compcierge-asia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71125116079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52f582b6d9616cf54912efe274aa7e6c/witivuzoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reszke.pl/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/file/golujozaketadipolivevepij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kunbot.com/upload/files/49846258212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avrig35.ro/uploads/fck_editor/file/92948336123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridahouselottery.com/test/userfiles/file/gereze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138a6e8e2bfa---71994561054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matrixx.lu/images/27537339783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intrigantka.ru/images/userfiles/file/12199455034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f5a0530684---mefojofawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modnyi-buket.ru/uploads/files/26320717262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oryginalnedekoracje.pl/userfiles/file/402188075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d7006e372d6e677a0cf0b3aaac4b0fa/nanikalidapapil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c11a783601---53207420745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=disable+ad+blocker+androidPDF 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_off0000e0ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0BA 17576 bytes
SHA-256: a2494e2768d03c105015a5c907be27c0389a17efef4a3fbb7c50a0c44fcb71d8
font_01_sfnt_off00010e8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E8D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000126a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126A4 10496 bytes
SHA-256: 5bbd56b4f211b5df79d4cfef5e1f0364e922ce0a8a90070fde3a68fe84ca4f19