Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b2101fc6ae011e56…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 15:02:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 98ce69b163aa08df4b1cdbf747326f72 SHA-1: bb044d81098852841385e521055cf10926246b89 SHA-256: b2101fc6ae011e56dce259bdf8d18674dcfcf34b04e3a19471b2f5e721b6bc74
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute code or redirect the user to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3bf55a86d7a719ed8974d35487f4c98/37635615426.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tourhong.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210723_4B76C2F9C65DBE41.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ff7d0c0bf4---julenesonoxeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businessservicesuk.com/userfiles/file/81405520086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nissanotogovap.net/uploads/images/files/musileviseva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de45bce1fd8---74202306983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braciszewska-klimek.pl/fck_files/file/27959593821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexhoffordphotography.com/temp/files/file/11401974196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8iupioilpsjq5ah8e77p64mpme/tufule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c69ce08cbb---17581192868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a70cbb7234b1b69146a8231b58bf0ce9/watidupogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feriaalainversa.com/uploaded/files/foboxizofibabadolana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rusiuojigalvoji.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612671f71b8a0---16938098820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71ff9c6ebc5dc43668f20e3ea4c0e7ff/48373639641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7923543331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.celso.org/download/bawajigaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081dd61c7f66---kalujoluxojekepejede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fc60e4c55ef---74171958072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081d9474671d---timakazubowasinigidarevon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8350e4a511---93402276680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluetact.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86330833942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608843e4460d0---99146866711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610fd7b8c259e---6067660057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1eae37c1e4dce668a01c8fc00f3b319/tubuxoxopoxuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wallsfamilyreunion.com/clients/876683/File/61914862834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=tokyo+ravens+light+novel+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_off0000e5de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5DE 18064 bytes
SHA-256: fa47204f6ae9c67e5210b4d3c9281ceeca417b3fc855fd7249d7a32a65a7e485
font_01_sfnt_off000114e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114E4 11012 bytes
SHA-256: 3345b9c5b54aa16f8d9ffb2af38ae335fddd33dac1b69a0a835a3d901039dad3
font_02_sfnt_off00012e44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E44 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1