Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2faa34f35f302d0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.2 KB Created: 2021-06-27 13:46:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: b900c46dacb80cc062bcbef5235cdfc7 SHA-1: e9ffa6fee5443f274c558525acdd2dc31fb277f4 SHA-256: c2faa34f35f302d0ba696272a05c2bc3c2d25f77e8c071529dd5bccd5c4c685b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's designed to exploit vulnerabilities or lure users into phishing schemes. The presence of JavaScript points towards an attack pattern involving client-side execution to download further payloads or redirect users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

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 http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c7c15f41e1---pibulokerajo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f58d0789b3---40997289576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72f3bacae94f500f1d6e48d12a7e1b45/kizodez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.syah.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c7e3c34c5ba800904128db09349b879/52685806649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160756eb3c7456---27359331064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef2db2586b176598f0e2c53b546b1094/mudelipirir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festival.bg/fckeditorfiles/file/84410003060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c7c209fa59d206cd28d47360fc13d93/nemez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609860929ad1a---fatodexelodibewaniwum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stillwaiting.org/userfiles/file/59461116177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwpetersburg.com/uploads/files/67530436776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160837c1a1b602---80294266656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ftq0v8hi7n7piludp95hfeghp0/folugenevojowifisif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pneusmarene.it/images/file/57412676930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infoenergie-loire.org/userfiles/file/11059286119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ic.ru/uploads/file/befinefuvilizovojuvepiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mvservice.it/file/rarekuvaxusifadarogabin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-hane.com/files/sogizuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdcd0d8ad8bbfd157b0fabafe23cbc2d/49470444997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608378efad524---fuxilufoxakojidugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e63f6d9413---14046844554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/diget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kham.vn/userfiles/file/perelotakofuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609706776c8df---dalivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=find+all+endpoints+of+an+apiPDF 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_off00012340.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12340 10368 bytes
SHA-256: 0a05e60728ce279198f81a6731ecb22d32e42bc53624d2a35d31ac077555de75
font_01_sfnt_off00013ab6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AB6 18252 bytes
SHA-256: 221be6187412282b6771908fbbadccec0db86eb3935d8c9835bce3cdd2e4231e
font_02_sfnt_off00016b54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16B54 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1