Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2fde214646336a0b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.2 KB Created: 2021-09-20 00:13:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 9bc576c81dbeeed258901f268c85de73 SHA-1: b92ded5c1733babff385155cbadfda80c8caf92a SHA-256: 2fde214646336a0b774f30177896d3c8012f2216189401dec2c4fd38bfc4131c
192 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9927

Heuristics 9

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136f08f89426---47500158447.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pu-sk.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kezas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mutitar.com/user_img/files/39573836774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dc-a0dcf319a153.breakthroughsport.com/userfiles/files/40981259753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soloparamideco.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/gesovutexanet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aylabawadi.ae/userfiles/file/pimogixoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oletrans.sk/editor_uploads/files/muxexoxipupijafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adikkeempat.com/contents/files/lixijurukutimazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/455a8a853f3be889af18e23be67b7fd4/73746664441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://madhubanindiancuisine.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/55814642871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a97bced9250d36115190ec4de3438e82/lodolujunepup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuanfuconstruction.com/ckfinder/upload/files/20013901367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zrdb-drogbud.pl/Upload/file/xixuwanipexusoxidixar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cs-web-design.de/ablage/userfiles/files/pasuxifonibirotexumenivep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161445e286fda9---66980403352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matrainagycsalados.hu/userfiles/file/5416061117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bularz-auto.pl/images/userfiles/file/97881141842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamzalegalservices.com/userfiles/file/34979258335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arnetbilgisayar.com/upload/ckfinder/files/dabutabobijomaroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e74b2e91a---5778898638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a40c49568e---sedapifavupunekuwifobulis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gloria-eurex.com/images/blog/file/99160151366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xz-brand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97626448113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=minecraft+mcpe+download+for+pcPDF 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_off0000eb53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB53 16404 bytes
SHA-256: 17d9da3d0f75d8931556fed908ae7ce405601d9275c13edbd5b49d19d72ee2a9
font_01_sfnt_off000101f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101F1 10692 bytes
SHA-256: e9a2a96ca9227723c45afde72d39fcdf458982de1a5043231076b5a693f3df35
font_02_sfnt_off00011a79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A79 25032 bytes
SHA-256: 7af42922be1e26c178345e2a1603a9d6c83862c279c98768702e92836fcecd4d
font_03_sfnt_off00015a87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15A87 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1