Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2cfe182afb04949…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-07-07 20:07:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 4839efe4bb7084babd0e137800e6e457 SHA-1: 9bfef826b1655458b98d914ad6d0ec5f06f74847 SHA-256: a2cfe182afb049498d7fc541e8e65b0c588e8ce42b2055a5204222fceba03eb5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. The PDF also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs hosted on compromised or disposable domains. These links are likely intended to deliver phishing content or further malware stages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://daycamhoa.net/upload/UploadFiles/files/18756211011.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b77e3922035---79540521118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kotolantopeni.cz/file/26674480435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebel-guitars.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ccea24fc888d3dc8071b730bdac0b31/99216141989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rowtheerne.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87225c1bde63bc02e75caef1d77f4945/semonipawagezikar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9d8d710a29---86102311550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jhui849ambus46b0mqpr2dncgq/41607070734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieompaysdebray.fr/lesiom/txt/imgadmin/file/paxov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e9abcc3bb4---xuvodidebepuguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hashtag.school/userfiles/file/jorobitosigosuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b246e5ec02867521a5ea82012ba7172a/49032395777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/897145c4d36024b1d8e367a149c1098a/26237003000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfasg.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31181127394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/960nm910vjhrig8u699rj4ccdk/52620440494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/zemoretonesofalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5f754caee4---81473939987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://calzaturificiocatia.it/userfiles/files/6591106522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bcfb22c2c8---negumumirutegurawepase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murphysbeads.com/clients/54316/File/rutowob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j2ogaglvrd1h4ego5dtb4nr21j/balilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba5a6378975---mofowuvebejinugot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160987e390fbd6---73539666948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gld-lining.com/user_img/files/99506545627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89opl6ed9d15k2pqthlithl25k/33059878109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=meaning+of+stone+peltingPDF 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_off0000f2a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2A4 10428 bytes
SHA-256: e0d664721bf959b68ab37bd3619019cca87ec8b33e35695b3023053cc656de03
font_01_sfnt_off00010a65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A65 19144 bytes
SHA-256: 7ba5e4ed5a4ab12c30a825db2d602521cea9ab37fd94de7f5af79a4ee278cf26
font_02_sfnt_off00013c22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C22 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1