Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cec2499a780e4ae5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-08-08 00:11:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 1c81893caabea66f0e1908963af788ef SHA-1: bace08a68d9ba67ec1d9f5a14060fb249e281d5e SHA-256: cec2499a780e4ae5befcd99481cb7ffaf3b016103b76d4325569a311b265ea48
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple potentially compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a004b87351---luseverurepojigokixefax.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.zulilighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebf3486ec240997d18ad6793200bd2a1/gunukuxex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1v5r0phdqbqvl7ptjg324lb2tr/zofapin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://strechybenesov.cz/content/muzonivezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecostroyservis.ru/File/lavomojodivenozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiyuchangdi.com/upload_files/files/20210720_215157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/widudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kjicgvionpo4dkanssd9ddegu5/tukijenokesokudanarawoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perles-del-beya.com/userfiles/file/xubotijapetapuriraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://memorybg.net/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9579155811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaitosushisb.com/uploads/files/50969645491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsencollege.org/test/fckeditor/file/33479311798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rglm7moblu6faitnri04php5p4/24803245287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clinicamanila.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuxizuwev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzzxtl.com/UploadFile/file/20210726071128286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gleneaglehoa.org/images/file/beveno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tiguan-wiki.ru/file/46290555598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cqvc6e0935eo3nhof5ihsddurm/lujigiwosorevorodeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mastera-mix.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puxesut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backkwang.com/userData/board/file/wokimekoteladeporuvizofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moderncarrent.com/user_img/files/pulukilegilubagulig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://np-laser.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-4/20210804004315705153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gtshotel.it/images/file/97266877190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sirmamedia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40862366287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=dodge+ram+repair+manuals+free+downloadPDF link annotation
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9fb321a1162eeae143145ee863bb4df/12118872238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000da0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA0F 15808 bytes
SHA-256: 27d0ed96cdda047dc1ba11fd94551f24ca1afc5c7715215803b5d62610f1d5c4
font_01_sfnt_off000102fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102FC 10932 bytes
SHA-256: 59a88ea588c4f57869740f4dea91fa683407d091d0b8dba633def42be5aea31e
font_02_sfnt_off00011c16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C16 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1