Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2fa29a5386630e2e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-07-06 22:26:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 93711100707ba2c69c0afce3fb1452a8 SHA-1: 4ee8f500eeb2187911e7b9ec703c29891faf8c39 SHA-256: 2fa29a5386630e2e22f9d93918dd623d6504aab348db6e964ac6285d140a0204
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress upload directories. These links likely serve as a lure, potentially for phishing or to download further malicious content, as indicated by the ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5247b7b20747ccad08f67349d1a17d42/92146757371.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607be43a13a11---96540606946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbancollab.com/userfiles/Proj_Name//files/xagatuvumunidanapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alkanboya.com/files/file///fefevatozozagedasusepikin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f52237f9a959bc4e647e4289d9bc6636/34368578231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s1ogvmfg4p1adhd5fnvb84hf7b/52702743780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608452832800e---57268171988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22a0ab8debea4a8576db1511cd31d1cd/47066944214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--49s538bo8ux8c.net/userfiles/file/paletojoreropol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gym-rectif.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55176152658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210623152705938311cz4du3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asckhn.com/acskhn/userfiles/file/fikojadimidusesofajela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf6b83b9c7---51768315157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razdolle.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fuk76ji1qf7cb050vid7paktq2/pawav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.fr/menu/file/midetutuzabawogavunaziju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagecambodiatravel.com/userfiles/file/16852014140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160789bf39605a---besizanorakiropodigatow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgyscom.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-10/20210610224845437020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eske.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d54a22231---jazubiwerosumixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c00c9529e---kokudojakevegola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7e41579869c7c18fc133dbdcc36029b/12577568905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d8c37f3a70---jutedetebugizoxezaxire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kojeneckezbozi.eu/userfiles/file/gapigenebedegirirerogar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=solve+system+of+linear+equations+by+eliminationPDF 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_off0000f8e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8E6 17520 bytes
SHA-256: 70896dfd0d715666ed63bef12dfb2be06108a8d7ce66a9c786a550772d3922ff
font_01_sfnt_off00012727.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12727 11016 bytes
SHA-256: f2710aa8b683f02da1bfec77570ce8a2f84bf0e27f3b26fd81d0169390f82d25
font_02_sfnt_off000140c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140C9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1