Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2b611f3ca7b0551…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 00:50:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: bc6db883d4079abad2cb9abb8b8d7c0d SHA-1: 3bbcf587009a81673db995e17ef797551b037d8a SHA-256: a2b611f3ca7b0551bc0b2835a77af74800c349bd9b7cfc8201be11f874e0927f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. Several URLs point to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a pattern of hosting malicious files or phishing content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb3e3fd2196---24183248134.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160807b9357ae9---8587815951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ccd2745e20---natopelujasadumofuselij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://criteriacambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tfsmi6lipnj9qjjc83e8k5ijrp/92283360822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098bab67e4e3---17229784913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unitjaya.com/contents//files/tafubeziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casier-a-bouteilles.fr/file/kiwuletorusokutagivugunal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9401173b493eca609707c46567c8895e/16058171455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d1f286c23f---67225191926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5f765161e779e6ca3351b4d1e71619c/wolurodaragawusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://renknh.com/ckupload/files/80749462189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ce51258329659ccddc3d384c4e010b7/25355953844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northwoodmedical.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ls9umo4om8j7lfoeb7050c3tt5/mavefovofavuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whitedwarf.ru/public/images/ckfinder/files/96151088931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de40facb2c9---ramikovilasibaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malayalamfoundation.org/admin/my_files/file/73843386819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160787430ecd04---99850934531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polymer-optix.de/userfiles/file/xiwelixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlineticketreview.com/images/file/55173527727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oilandgaswork.com/userfiles/file/17579221966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6836e69704e94cfcc0995c0af1e824d9/50190382620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiace-yoshikawa.com/js/upload/files/mesulukew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc9efda8640---ditovefaburuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interesttour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba1805ef76416aebbae3387400d99440/saxodevadosetuwig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c33add54052---14619531575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=joucomatic+catalogue+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_off0000d599.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD599 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000edb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDB0 10684 bytes
SHA-256: 92253d35ad2b30d9a28c6825eaae2608d864a70a1c250cf63aa649f0cf428b36
font_02_sfnt_off00010609.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10609 17868 bytes
SHA-256: b70eb5037a195d56e9c0e2c6bc3fcdaff8808ca3d5d0714c1f42b3e78b6292e1