Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2532647c0e36473…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-09 13:43:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: edd6a0b519eaa67e0fe0bf6b18684aa2 SHA-1: 4f22939f03d8001531d293ebe3dda81ad7c0fb4d SHA-256: d2532647c0e36473c866de6db9887a53a377350bc04291f76a5dc7ec6f910d27
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple domains, some of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download of a secondary payload, and the link farm structure suggests an attempt to obscure the final destination or distribute malware through various compromised hosts.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://iknow.pl/files/file/sijaf.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132a7cebd2fd---9581103522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saatyapi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/51925391313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ntep2008.com/UserFiles/File/tutemogexawazoxozofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.willmarareachamber.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/texodevikibakexubomakobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pfmconsulting.org/survey/userfiles/files/dotimeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ph2020.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61044601432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferramentabelleggia.it/public/file/rafofisorikaxuwoxisudexed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polimak.pl/userfiles/file/danudonivebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oilmachineydy.com/d/files/3795708896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137ab959152d---wuduxebiwevodukodefekase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/59410652065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ovartec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137c3c08ccba---84785170428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipai-bg.eu/img/file/91551478123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exosushi.com/uploads/files/21306342358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9977395134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138304c2858a---rebusujew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundai-baoloc.com/luutru/files/walomuxelukujarogimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suksesunited.com/contents/files/5766656256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://360clothing.in/home/www360cl/public_html/uploads/images/files/54188400205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liyangah.com/Upload/file/80133697939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://systemsbiology.at/uploads/assets/file/gagakunezabavatatufujaroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb5f270741b4d8c1e5bcf1414b208819/lorobejud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://educaholistica.com/resources/img/imagesck/files/7726030741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuanlongland.com/upload/files/89754508382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=windows+8.1+product+keys+2021PDF 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_off0000df94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF94 17920 bytes
SHA-256: 31703ca993c64eca7809ac63fd575c8c6fe969c7c2932cbb29df4bc910289e97
font_01_sfnt_off00010d61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D61 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012578.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12578 11252 bytes
SHA-256: 7a561641280b4585be2e923ac34ebdcb79e151f69a10b60414b03cd27948e546