Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2f92108117e5d719…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-09-18 17:46:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 3330d249e30dbb1376ae89bc50f04ce3 SHA-1: a6ecee641aa099cd100191608224d5c7491005dd SHA-256: 2f92108117e5d719d5ab8893218184c2fa33cbb8b6413fa8b3d080d5c272b789
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or phishing attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely involving exploitation of PDF vulnerabilities to redirect the user. The embedded JavaScript is a common method for initiating exploits or further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e4fcdbc073---bimunuluzuj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://skoleniridicu-online.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64803344058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foodthings.us/userfiles/file/26532803789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdes.in/uploads/3333883815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://potlista.com/file/files/revikamikilimilen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://awarelaxcentrum.cz/user_files/file/wesebizaluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://somsit.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57826324576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/nemopepazuxusibadawodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7pr0udr9glomo3194enrec5ir7/85596852652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanglong.vn-greenenergy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kobesinur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marisqueandopremios.com/campannas/file/41489704216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.impactit.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xidarafelirafumuzunanam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hbphoto.ca/resimler/files/69772624880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psg66.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48697141930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alwaysshine.com/fileimage/file/2824970715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdes.in/uploads/85218353424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioarclab.eu/userfiles/files/jixejekidaferuxufex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elpijisystem.com/file/debalika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kowel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1630736553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ovartec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ad746ce47c---60676137015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katela.net/userData/board/file/kinutigametomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stin-verdon.fr/assets/Image/files/lojelenukupidetowesuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5of7edwardstreet.com/assets/media/files/26001495039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozona.pt/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/wysiwygfiles/file/wuzosanawigowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=ant+man+and+the+wasp+english+subtitlesPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d1c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1C6 25240 bytes
SHA-256: 52597fa115e1ee81c4fb118c701dd18a8e5db0ce5bafddfe2e377af6fced42bb
font_01_sfnt_off000110aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110AA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000128bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128BB 16132 bytes
SHA-256: 071bac7a3a90310621307d68123817e30fba7c89f9e5021c4391eb43bd8b9137
font_03_sfnt_off00013e33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E33 10928 bytes
SHA-256: 56760e791b6bde5d93f96924674017156047a3165ca9d3d92527629c4ff11e0c