Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2348f506f0af3d6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 15:02:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b60c0cb359c370c6809e813a6fe0294f SHA-1: 881778895d56e806dbe5b262438990fb6b81dc35 SHA-256: d2348f506f0af3d61d8192418146969e85c781a2c815c440b26c2606014cfdc3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://aire-limpio.com/img/editor/file/94622501414.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8016d3b78---bowonuvigolijifevuzejobig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeansresource.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49613976864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mahae.hu/files/files/buvisivip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elitagida.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mf5tepjmc5o4qa514htke2oj62/motuviwadomejoril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coffee33.ru/archive/file/25441636635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c05c4961ec1---mezikexaguvilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birzebbugastpetersfc.com/files/file/53767316404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ikeau1toi871o8m29a677pcmgt/3785571508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edcg6h5ui1qdj5aqmghn2sms0g/8396350705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdb542e00f6597959c44387106c4f0bb/dowupusolijufaniteruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e931bcdc9---5992506012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cungcapthitdetuoi.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/65049331280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apartamentosalbatros.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2d9cf6f626---tuzowadisupukitozeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavcam.com/upload/ckfinder/files/dozokiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbbe069b234c21d0483f83c7daaf5c12/dixixurumike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/141209004810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081fcf0b5be5---mefes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dismaplant.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tawaramexitojonowaderi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoculture.cz/admin/upload/file/71802276874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bya-ingenieria.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fazalafodut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9d0b102a6wc3y4a.com/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210702120707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swhwsolution.it/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/48100824859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karpatskiles.ru/store/file/rawox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c21e4b2ff6---magosujomumuribobuwudutap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=physics+worksheet+a+mathematical+vector+addition+answer+keyPDF 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_off0000f0d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0D2 10996 bytes
SHA-256: b279f5f84c08e16c2c326173a9829974b4fa9a86bb5a7febcf7b46e29e48de20
font_01_sfnt_off00010a49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A49 19668 bytes
SHA-256: 26f22991af2363d822baf433233cfbfd9c0d1190971d7ce820d043891da8ef8b
font_02_sfnt_off00013d6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D6D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1