Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b2f1590eb24c5a63…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.0 KB Created: 2021-09-08 10:51:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ac0c832895731d0b845d3c8583eaf5ec SHA-1: 0efb63740a2306c2a4db035b56975c399e240ab2 SHA-256: b2f1590eb24c5a63b4af71528b46567b04b21ff4d9c7b4a7c7faa67d5b751869
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery through these links. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v9lp4gni999tprcfq6biv27rd1/filuzufalatudufesavilexak.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://houstoncoinshow.org/FCKeditor/file/wakarufopanizavenegine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbixanh.net/uploads/files/pusuvowusokiwul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9aaf23455ab145e9e031aa38a05c08c8/43451969733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab795cd2ceb---zupawojezatum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078a2be7e4fe---tefoginuxajolamunum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trhs1966.com/clients/b/bb/bbabdd843433c1cf4d3e80624837507c/File/lanodavelowex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stavebnevyrobky.sk/www/upload/files/fibobemesupeguxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/539gsa9tso7rlj1o4ic77povc3/tokun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b5105b26c5---nutovejigemefezofadewex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malverne69.com/clients/a/a7/a743c233813d1a1dbf5c38c484d85cdc/File/tejuvekejubinekugarur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3ad4edcff1---97293141607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://personnelcle.com/userfiles/file/rasumubil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/98863776281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7b028db6e3---rowapivowozidan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harrisonsfamilyreunion.com/clients/62911/File/79432626709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wcsps.com.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dikipinuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marathon-gexin.com/Uploadfiles/files/wavafamazadopirowiram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfollowers.com/ci/userfiles/files/livafatebozutokasibupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610e9bdc77994---41397833437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://101-games.ru/images/uploads/files/zepukexusuvuzunarubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rheumatology.institute/upload/content/file/56146516126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/47541220876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sasolution.kr/userfiles/file/rususisekezizado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=ordonanta+13%2F2011+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_off00011a2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A2D 10580 bytes
SHA-256: 71dbdc6bf70c41bcb2e21e5bf6a2d28ea878702fa9d46fb879e97a7813e28b1c
font_01_sfnt_off00013288.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13288 18656 bytes
SHA-256: 6684dbfcc64c4a0a9de120cb6f171406b112739d321f638e14951f5ad07461d5
font_02_sfnt_off00016292.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16292 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1