Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2fb2d9e9e33e0bd9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 02:12:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 0e56ec518c9a2d83b3d93f44448373a9 SHA-1: 001e256fd8fcef9b8949b009708be42d412208d4 SHA-256: 2fb2d9e9e33e0bd988a4efc4ef205ca9ceec59e4cd1624b3145212ab0e64badd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. These links form a link farm, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

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://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44n4qk74s7mct6gt89pu8r2kjf/jimutijikorawexukuraso.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e60ef3544df00a6898704e99c865c81/48666458072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mwasafat.com/uploads/files/titufufamifabemelifegojuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160955d4837b38---18754673362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a2itsolutions.com/chop/multimedia/userfiles/file/xoxoxemanubaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarujiovalente.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vhgc31o0a0nrkect5ipbvkd7q4/5101742461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a86f4d2fa7a---tusumitazevej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/82337295540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f49d883b60---zipudekilomirewomadopob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immsac.pe/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/25942838168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5df9e4aadb---wekok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/usasbhol6368r6f2qurkp5fjld/pemewakotorugas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caissedesecolesdu5eme.fr/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80954457601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschaden.expert/userfiles/file/foxojozogiwetetutid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbnbd9chja.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/91020277138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wojno-stal.pl/pliki/file/34372952199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodlack.cz/userfiles/file/nigerid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stadiumhighschoolclassof1965.com/clients/0/00/0080f9a3d0f10e930bcfc39f0a940e94/File/mowozifuwofugafosex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e67b10413cc---24202073593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rm-parketi.si/uploads/97406134130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-pluset.com/userfiles/79179498287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carshopm.com/js/upload/files/sejufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=location+of+cartilage+in+human+bodyPDF 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_off0000dce7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCE7 11068 bytes
SHA-256: 7ee749f8307702c1edaec1804a8e050c14a8e833c70f081b7b182d59c1c713fc
font_01_sfnt_off0000f645.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF645 17252 bytes
SHA-256: 16da63c4f9c7e70b6f77e9247a039d1b45edde9f4428bded115dc0d00ea2d063
font_02_sfnt_off0001231a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1231A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1