Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2be2c96d922052c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.9 KB Created: 2021-08-28 22:44:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: b31779b625a4705283024deb9c49b98f SHA-1: f9cc69a5fdef38faabc29a7aa0c7d17b27ec924b SHA-256: a2be2c96d922052cf86e9d7e11fb9a71089333311492acee6a71b0d9b79cb724
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. ClamAV detected this file as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan, and ML classification strongly suggests malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript, while not directly actionable in this context, is a common component in malicious PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3c320a36a2d788f684fd5f36d30a996/32514916478.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://jodhpurtravels.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/86253833478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iveducentar.com/uploads/assets/file/femogexuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bualuang101.com/backoffice/upload/files/9009214223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocalcinoni.com/userfiles/files/9806700351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diysmart.net/userfiles/file/megibelotunonixozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daotaolaixesontay.com/uploads/file/5596974622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bomtvplus.com/data/board/file/20210513193214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgb.se/filer/file/95909930122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signika.pl/Upload/file/rumefavodagonojaxawak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjmcp.jp/userfiles/Image/file/45005502251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sk-massimo.com/js/upload/files/65557706823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akemi.ro/hirek/file/73314008889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f27905a888b17089cc0611b019df0909/30340948423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085ccc60fcbe---tigopanoniguxuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073a38db186c---63655294265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivaibonomo.it/userfiles/files/51248486014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siripanyalamphun.com/user_img/files/29439512686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zima.snowcat.pl/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93402459905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandzak.best/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91ff4d5768382a5ccdff41cb603ab26a/63959823049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mma-montessori.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kolifasasukaborup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://numen-wow.com/userfiles/cloud//files/2952392702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garmagostaran.com/Upload/file/naxis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cornwallstaffagency.com/userfiles/file/vosugogasixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jaatkinson.com/userimages/73172506813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturestuff.nl/siteimages/file/wobodubalutanosogufapotaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rolmech-strzelno.pl/Upload/file/lejolenuwidobotamerofel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=1pm+pdt+to+centralPDF 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_off000100ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100FF 19740 bytes
SHA-256: 1a5ba352e271581a23c5803f9858f397283d7214d904e58602105eb15ffc456f
font_01_sfnt_off00013486.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13486 10372 bytes
SHA-256: 46b66eb1f4e680df906a1ce2ba7a75e7058178420e97353d315a2de3175cd852
font_02_sfnt_off00014bea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14BEA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1