Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2fce1b07293b01ce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.6 KB Created: 2021-06-29 04:24:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 4bf89c733b768062cd71a7e720ab4fa5 SHA-1: 6cbb57eba18fc0122a55e748f72cf543991a7868 SHA-256: 2fce1b07293b01ceffad579e5da5124e0462dddd0a0eeac20f751a49ef891701
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9746

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://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bad6746e0d0---munevilawirobutix.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pdww.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72228561623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydangson.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/vitobepaxixixaguni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurogeographyjournal.eu/admin/fckfiles/file/walobijarejov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5416d8c2c8---51006333518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airconbank.com/upload/fckeditor/file/juzanevole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lenaoyunlar.com/calisma2/files/uploads/45197336233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juha.be/_files/file/86468718111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9a10016a0---72735711401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yournamebadges.com/withyourdog/cms_uploads/file/wabezidolux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2367e58ad4---67727882505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160799244d406f---zuximekurukorojosira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07de3fb03f7eaa6d9ab232199ac1e453/gofuwugejozelugomumiwak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annabarons.lv/files/files/tijodawopogaputaninorenam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/048d8edbdbd548157f1904c06a5311f3/jufumepubobosatuzapado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/91551053778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyetracking.pl/userfiles/file/luvisafinariked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celebicatering.com/upload/ckfinder/files/37436029941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/939c24489d647eb621932a71d832265c/9041819847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boathousebrokerage.com/userfiles/file/lawan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4bgjja6tac2f0hg8oov7d4g27/45790807345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hjgsiqfjjmb46bo8maptndvmd6/26500837110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad4c1d0803b---gofil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fdee528a06---52693081112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7ac1ad214f---gazuputowiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snypes.nl/img/customer//files/85987046281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=iupac+naming+of+organic+compounds+pdfPDF 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_off0000fc98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC98 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000114aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114AA 16652 bytes
SHA-256: 130f1305faf7b7c13a55c26f353f7a644706d12ec42098ddbad493c8607980ad
font_02_sfnt_off0001402f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1402F 10740 bytes
SHA-256: 71a8145d6124b8ed253430abb9fad9bb0d27543cb69d74664d644a9be369632e
font_03_sfnt_off00015893.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15893 17892 bytes
SHA-256: 7e32b25ae0085a58cf7060aab584f2ba5d13caeddfcda63d549d66746a3ef6cc