Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b2f995b158288f9e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.5 KB Created: 2021-09-26 14:04:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: ac9665eab3e467990f934692294a0fe6 SHA-1: 8317e84b6da105fe4bb9c1ae9c1bb25d36af9789 SHA-256: b2f995b158288f9e8c29df2a05aefec850ccf087c6b4d48b525a1eb9bc92f898
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, further suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://meritumptt.pl/dokumenty/file/lunodazaxiziwadilagalobe.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161359f407d6d3---jisixevuturiwezizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/97688706053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://randoquad72.fr/userfiles/file/77946492416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143c607a953e---65761886192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135a0b336c5d---33408698564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sitoad.com/bbqjoekey/files/202109201754305669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellina.pl/userfiles/file/ratemotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neboskreb-irk.ru/uploads/userfiles/files/68752447522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mya1fc.com/files/ckuploads/files/xinewixajukawufexemew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80apefbdm9ah5g.xn--p1ai/userfiles/65374402382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://danielstrehlau.com/userfiles/file/lexiwotugesofuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetis156.neutronds.com/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39082039990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asijskepotraviny.cz/files/file/zobuvuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremyco.com/app/webroot/docs/file/74851118700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksklinika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34473088926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://placidlakes.com/larpm/uploads/file/53957061141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martas.vodrsport.cz/uploads/files/dalibitodudow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161454ca9da4cb---73008643596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614511a672775---pobif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hbphoto.ca/resimler/files/vobivevovilivevawuvotok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ej14u0oovsol29ctr1fmka0mi/wejeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jubileejec.com/userfiles/files/8585099642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=adventures+of+lolo+3PDF 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_off0000b39f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB39F 10412 bytes
SHA-256: 44f39d712005f14e53f88ca490e4376a6c0118f3fb74c12ff0eb949a295ca0e2
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB79 16084 bytes
SHA-256: 001face30750bbdfd3a735e46a7c5b0cd820b1d2a21bcdc889ec09082e4e868f
font_02_sfnt_off0000f469.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF469 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1