Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d211bdbb31f931b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 06:01:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 2f47657d0f303cc20fad208338175428 SHA-1: 55b4e16f2a59e0f7b6f41bcded79d911424f004f SHA-256: d211bdbb31f931b38518ef28c92f7ee99c92e4dab1f5e0e17e5413c46b1b1179
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these compromised sites, which are then used to host further malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071c3557508a---xuzotopogiwituxugipobe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160783a13d86a7---xekusekizalerigazemoradef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://crbz.ru/userfiles/file/pukeligoligofutosuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0225d975b247c6b72d2a580e3420858/divevikodigopivetige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfasg.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/derigafiduwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e7a0b467a2e---mefewefinov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d689e1341af---73022953548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nirmalapublicschoolerumely.com/userfiles/file/sosasite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-insurance-broker.de/downloads/xirubuzib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwbright.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-24/20210824183702824179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88e9fe43d91c96d457700f8c508e5bbb/97186497414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rotang.net/userfiles/file/xatowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatour.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71536198687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da4db8206656bf65bcdccc9c2ef7bd5c/54534846516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a2ed8aa097---jenup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arablift.net/userfiles/file/saterudukosuwisukepewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbriz.ru/userfiles/file/52349628789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gamax-motor.cz/data/dokumenty/bipaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://houselandia.ru/files/15328785516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lusagroup.mobi/images/website/user/files/ligatupomekosifupuzowapub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://owtsreunion.com/clients/e/e7/e717deb27d844c69ffc49b2d3c0bb1a5/File/rowonupufapuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geredekombiservisi.com/userfiles/file/56608966036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zywawiara.pl/pliki/biwikunawarevedezasugik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.deuba.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/khe2c6qec7920voejfashcav0r/97456124897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=epistemology+questions+and+answersPDF 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_off0000f22f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF22F 11164 bytes
SHA-256: cbce3969ca5a7e450d09b6a7f8bbfb9dc816272c43676a2c654005ce457222c6
font_01_sfnt_off00010bd4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BD4 17872 bytes
SHA-256: 65d2cae55d6ee6bd7bb79a0bb86ba2d77e3d395f2caa261393f35b5dc427c9b0
font_02_sfnt_off00013a88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A88 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1