Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8f2329953fb55e23…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 09:00:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 0258c55240496959e505b0a4d86ff4fe SHA-1: 6416c95e5dfc74c430cba01303d83ba2a061fb80 SHA-256: 8f2329953fb55e236035547cb2c65017e9a76bf9ac3a3703feea6b8d02b7c34b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF document identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting sites. These links likely serve as a lure to download further malicious payloads, indicating an attempt to exploit the user's trust via a phishing-like mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://szpital-sulecin.pl/images/fckfiles/file/54605074473.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://micast.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rngh89e6t549pbq5m6suqmu382/25225538699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timeyear-v.com/userfiles/file/24174918215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cautrucpalang.vn/webroot/img/files/kufunewunatil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fulzugaskozpont.hu/files/23401542912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609731bcb34aa---ladekemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://godparents4tz.org/home/god/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/830430648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.palmettoexpresslanes.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/labepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070c4b3eb774---tuginevuwimidebeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b6d7bcb67a---goratukiramutomox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photo-preiss.com/upload_files/files/kepoxumudeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atphp.ch/userfiles/file/50244701948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balone.net/_upload/file///24823913274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e1bd65fe9e---49484376217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pobierzplik.pl/uploads/files/78397962089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160942541a075c---wufuweduwovakejodeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079c83585e0f---sesesiriwadisavajuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5fded36bf2---risisavupuzerapetatuger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolorenzino.eu/userfiles/files/91134280997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcelponjee.nl/ponjeefiles/file/fuxuzazed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mosjob.ru/images/file/96244468944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8501b93d84---sodupabovurevikex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be231cddd622b5b0c4c0dac4fab2da51/44258689099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asztalosweb.hu/userfiles/file/77050754953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe3ef01dfea---56916949623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ebooksweb.net/files/file/kuzizirajopirefegoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=alloy+steel+mechanical+properties+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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e2af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2AF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fac6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAC6 10980 bytes
SHA-256: b3cd72231747e837089362fcc3e9f50983b01bbcb88962f8a158fc1766b033f6
font_02_sfnt_off00011415.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11415 18436 bytes
SHA-256: dad025d8c696783956381119564bc1901ebfe519e817fa49e2f730ca4727fe4f