Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2da70b8ea9df270…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 05:03:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 1894b2b166b6cd3e21e5a275819d4850 SHA-1: 9af9dcc31b419dea64f27cca8ef667119ae6eaff SHA-256: d2da70b8ea9df270056b551e3d888338ed3202e347312f1e0212ee4b42b2ca9e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDF documents. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the ultimate destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://zrdb-drogbud.pl/Upload/file/xabasosigenogewodisedim.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9813f2781b2fe1a32ef9585b9209ebe3/ponutowogezup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb889642bd---fikuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://healthlantern.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75421203095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vek-bg.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41451360451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lmcmanager.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/likotinadepoxad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be6d63df00c---12733783736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a78f9c7bad2---57960800714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costabravas.com/uploads/localidades/files/xokalurumasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/5051597889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliusie.com/userfiles/file/dafirokejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grand-forge.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67f9d77852cd04baee5c91b42e4c83f1/61082613859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nexusmediation.nl/files/fikelabirisumexuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdb6a8e6b9e621096cc83b6d7ea212ec/solebajerumobuparipus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sghscsjamarai.org/guruhargobind/userfiles/file/43282032383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a54828433c235b083733895f3d376e2/23818077419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/caa69a08766e6aab7ccf4118ce472283/92773499392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delta-relay.be/userfiles/file/9017168257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ampletrekking.com/userfiles/file/12180316722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc6df0efaa1162567735e8f6a27b4824/21476547179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosklo.sk/pictures/file/jawanese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f4b5b7239---waxaxara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autopsrus.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36265393307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=initiation+au+sketchnote+pdfPDF 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_off0000d59b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD59B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000edb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDB2 10712 bytes
SHA-256: f93311809bd650bee3866ea2431287b6fdc1edc3fc51bcf8a4f1e9ee3bc8388b
font_02_sfnt_off00010648.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10648 19216 bytes
SHA-256: 09f9f15b23abeb643878c59945725fc5f7753d1f785f55689dc24dcb779ada3e

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