Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2fa67dfa00432cb2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 03:34:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4f1546e99d2da53c48653467fc593c99 SHA-1: f7049b1f300475bc8358efdd23175ed9edd74c0d SHA-256: 2fa67dfa00432cb2a1454a781feabbae8e34fe9d295d3005f1fcfb4efaddd8af
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or link farms on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=article+review+paper+pdf
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611d6a47c45d0---817573283.pdf
    • http://mishelik.ru/userfiles/file/dezenudaliropizokukebu.pdf
    • https://cuisinescartier.ca/upload/editor/file/22581290423.pdf
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3196652ca1---85352568110.pdf
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160772be3b56b3---7234752615.pdf
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ajafibian7r8qk6hafgqjfnsj3/pokivuvidetu.pdf
    • http://ebsenglish.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/26489526642.pdf
    • http://irinka.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68030305850.pdf
    • http://solee56.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57738081066.pdf
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c609567a1bf---sijeredaresalisiw.pdf
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dba277fe27---30443441660.pdf
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f06025b44e---pipokufapobovitefisefanu.pdf
    • https://unicorn.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20336364432.pdf
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7eb17906d---28860460987.pdf
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607554b56bcba---xakefin.pdf
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2bc99d781c---vazesixexegego.pdf
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/vamopaduxojebegodikulexa.pdf
    • http://geologicatoscana.eu/userfiles/files/17933026980.pdf
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/upksdaaho9dgedphth7s1d11mf/kakosisenofufomomojubo.pdf
    • http://hotelpenza58.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48182439230.pdf
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af7e06c1fdb---dabapolapikute.pdf
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c7c6d1f5bc967d328f7fcd23d525726/rewigekog.pdf
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ccc81755c1c2c952e2c9b8021d53d58/21030251350.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dcee.bin
0b317cf3bfd5e882380d9096afc616f953cc09b96837fb20af2812546bf8cf36
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCEE 10352 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f480.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF480 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010c92.bin
f2c97826fb75277b54dea882feee1b49bfc788fa10a2c1663c8b475006baa23c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C92 17856 bytes