Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b2ce55efcc1b45a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-09-09 09:07:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: aa44d6793e3ecbebdcfc848188c9b87d SHA-1: a449ca08e387d0d4a45a03bcc4a464a2d95d6cc3 SHA-256: b2ce55efcc1b45a8ba8e1c5de21d4c3feb43d3ecc84d0304511fd7b5a7db58cc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://igraonica.me/userfiles/file/32061046009.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://konferencii.org/web/uploads/assets/file/6536617552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muszempilla.com/files/file/84922061012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vnycc.com/userfiles/file/74388377435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wangyiphk.com/userfiles/99984242191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131236cb9244---46110909798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blokhol.com/upload/files/pifekupexizakerixexol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oalysa.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23913732014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quatden.vn/webroot/img/files/83163475249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fluitec.fr/ressource/site-image/files/kutamugawupixuvenifijabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homelife-superstars.com/image/files/vulajixefukojatudil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluecars.pl/userfiles/file/mufogixusesunetigatew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161364b1e82553---moxugodoxinoderik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161396e8398cd2---lojuranapuputabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioarchoggianiepartners.it/userfiles/files/pekejawanejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ad970f1530bc4750ce2f7cfa6a6babd/fumununufagonamewuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--z92bzy85x.com/userData/board/file/75298475882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aftaplan.com/works/peepsparty/html/upload_files/file/derenuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133b35548f28---30448823662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuanlongland.com/upload/files/topakuzirumobunabokajanip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarigol.kr/userData/ebizro_board/file/pinexunokiwaviwawizaveke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pazzo.jp/js/upload/files/66122558523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jordanadams.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73922618371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=mega+man+5+star+manPDF 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_off0000efea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFEA 10320 bytes
SHA-256: 230c1d72769ca5b9ab200fb4bf9f89d11336ffc462a7d43387cf2969bf7bcdd0
font_01_sfnt_off00010736.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10736 20736 bytes
SHA-256: afc6277558f5a96b7172e1642b15424586832f4dc01d8de21eff70748ba832a4
font_02_sfnt_off00013d8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D8A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1