Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2cf229902d3d297…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-08-29 01:18:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: ac6d5bd7777440421d4ef90e8742035a SHA-1: e9cb3914cbcdee9884daf591680ac534df565314 SHA-256: a2cf229902d3d2973c6f1f1c8742beb8625718d7d2b85a67ec746f07d21be4ca
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to host or redirect to malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a high ML classifier score further support its malicious nature. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly suggests a phishing or trojan distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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.marvistasales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fae419afa2db74aff0ea4aaa9dd05bda/xibukutevademitegalawimiv.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://luxesystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24898197018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capitaleny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/524db0cfaaf6beb83c2e148e4a66f4ca/wejedodabapilabagidudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cissud.com/uploads/ck_editor/files/nopunoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pensjonatagat.pl/userfiles/file/90615155417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8b5953dcfa3a3956dc59a98d076cc38/vedigigunomusenetubikoxot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079f3797ce61---rerulupuxel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d95df4d116---79256706187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rcv2vqhtv9rujjeg5skhe1o8b7/pawuragixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baloneacessorios.com/_upload/file///90095913389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iringmalaysia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tilolugumoris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-16/20210516181651736964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klhl.com/userfiles/file/dunuzufejuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimbuunguyen.com/uploads/userfiles/file/budazubezazofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.umadai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21528801902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maslag.eu/userfiles/file/96346064384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c2d608bac4---mezogimekaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080653b3c8c1---12449210537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coonvalleycc.com/userfiles/file/dakufexipiwomurimixubopot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sahyadrisevasanstha.in/userfiles/file/sejegabijinefokawosolaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapsalonvogue.nl/files/file/xebolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesundimjob.at/images/content/files/fomavatupumor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chanakol.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rusewisofevew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+sum+of+the+3rd+and+5th+square+numbersPDF 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_off0000e152.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE152 18568 bytes
SHA-256: bfb51a3f1b613f807647bf01251e20fa76bb66e6d1f016293a41afaaf6d8ff08
font_01_sfnt_off00011205.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11205 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012a1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A1C 11260 bytes
SHA-256: 9974324e1fc574d4647501be8947034ec331d52c379cbd2f2302e764d58d7c8f