Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2f14fef5e77efc3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 00:08:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c6854e2c7c2d2697ae462141109ec8cb SHA-1: 8d47c97cdc15b6d05a6e06142489f257e0f07f4f SHA-256: a2f14fef5e77efc396f477b01a3bbff0179bc93c7501ceb13e977317c5e19e01
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating it contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads. The PDF structure and embedded links suggest a phishing attempt, likely using a spearphishing attachment vector. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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://blissrenewbeauty.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/nujolagutevoxaj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161342b4419dfe---dubekagopixubibam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070052841ca9---52703731171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082f113c0d80---81568300448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juhaszautovill.hu/userfiles/file/39143600132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4a7a38ff41bdc94fc48ecc78a57b5d3/wovidiniwuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ggr1f3mkdj9iur526dlnbr7uqt/bugipimijagefebilunisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-nederland.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58611667791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackhorsesc.pl/userfiles/file/zoxogexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juniorsmagazine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160942257b2a4f---bonepijerogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b3b713f9c95c1324e3e27b8900e1f1a/puweju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okna-kursk.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/rexutexamuvona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klasykarozrywki.pl/public/images/fck/file/3280696753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f624a14bc08e29e4e0b798b52714230b/27956153146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e033833db57---2541323993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3fc8c19c1c---87193158281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fillaracingacademy.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92837677749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3d21f43ca9---rawife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://havanic.com/cache/fck_files/file/nerivojadediwikotajitirup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zomuxowubelufuputetag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meadclassof1991.com/clients/c/cc/cc689d7a74a098ef67b43942063c7ff9/File/32680131755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rpv-drachten.nl/files/file/fakuselupinapilevetiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=closing+error+in+compass+surveying+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_off0000f583.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF583 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010d9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D9A 11176 bytes
SHA-256: 95b59b425cad76f601748a743f1e3a5aaaa12cc4dd2e398d908a21d1c9b410f7
font_02_sfnt_off0001278a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1278A 17372 bytes
SHA-256: 1d33c0e306e7d80bd0ecc458e1b572476793abb323ffe03eaaa19afa056c596d