Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2fba5da9d1f4b40f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 19:26:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5c4d1194340f7388fc1fd1f5fbdb1b41 SHA-1: 1493e9b7b6c746f04ba26e6dc53583b6d94a4f20 SHA-256: 2fba5da9d1f4b40f9d9441351b4f954cb47428c399ad9ea7a147223c9701c2f4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

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://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfe25823437---14994965594.pdf
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f29707fa22---29995296550.pdf
    • https://www.qualityitalia.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kixojub.pdf
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6525f3f623db6a53d0dfff2afb23eb95/49265261555.pdf
    • http://mtsp.by/userfiles/files/24508502519.pdf
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aca760275fbf80225443fd24783b5dbe/12612050432.pdf
    • http://misosmile.com/upload/editor/files/8406373908.pdf
    • http://www.tecs4.com/intranet/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73138655789.pdf
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdc240f2a6d---rinugofosaberoxaxat.pdf
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b146dfd6494e63849646ac479647960/44079994760.pdf
    • http://autobedrijvenindex.nl/images/uploads/dadatunigivirezisagu.pdf
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4cec13f78d---juxizokudepijepuwimubone.pdf
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082ae272faa0---18083942933.pdf
    • http://www.creativitaecomunicazione.it/js/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wimisorolive.pdf
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa4172bbc2f---87949721799.pdf
    • http://aan.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kenujevixupipajuwen.pdf
    • http://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/gelilomusuvutudade.pdf
    • http://fini.hu/userfiles/file/gimabarimoxepimetinal.pdf
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160797d3dead8d---63317000585.pdf
    • http://michelesherrinlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/40281362110.pdf
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c29bee48c0---duwukefe.pdf
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adaaff90c6a---89245424763.pdf
    • http://diakmelo.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/banelajofafe.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=parasites+classification+pdf
    • http://s292376414.onlinehome.fr/datas/imgmail/file/luzitikunimujowatebipas.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_off00011e72.bin
9d083c00da8c4197d3016489515fc3823d3249df700108f365071d98824cb700
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E72 19740 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00015203.bin
1adad79110144bdaf157d778deb261466c7411ecdce230375350132f8df25aab
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15203 10616 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00016a60.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16A60 16792 bytes