Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2f112287cbd1227…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-09-18 03:08:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 9bf754cb64fcff421c72d746710ed05a SHA-1: 37c162af15a95d0e4fe8c48c5abd8ead942a1e64 SHA-256: d2f112287cbd12273502c54d89250050c6d84ee69513a7641e1e290c21deb73a
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external links, some pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting an attempt to deliver a malicious payload. The presence of a visual download button further supports a phishing or social engineering lure. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' confirms the malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://bourgogne.annuaire-regional.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64194187312.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--h49al71atridzo.com/userData/board/file/19540935815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.liftechforklifts.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/famugukoderesojajelunopif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wx-test.com/upload/ckimg/files/202109081647547623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wittymall.com/multimedia/userfiles/file/76763334202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://showpelec.com/data/file/20210909_183526_567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shortguycentral.com/ck_uploads/files/13722582618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyetracking.pl/userfiles/file/morana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a7o3kpc810s8el0i33t8jufd0/repezekelelozilobap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantex.org/tantex/tantexuserfiles/file/86357405982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dailyhondaotomientay.com/upload/files/43663182874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopclickhospitality.com/scgtest/team-explore/uploads/files/29758741860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluetact.com/locktactyuma/userfiles/file/dagudul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://factory-01.com/js/upload/files/2822635100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07ba24286ead604c8492bffd3c088ea1/zizatojadad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chiringuitomediterraneo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81742221901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albertf.madteam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mefub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidaleve.ind.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dovup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polandpools.com/contents/files/96542643197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614334d80cfc1---33355925408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riminabda.sk/userfiles/file/98626810174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v2o4aljhc22mhkgk51antb9vkl/litelijumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sterenstein.ru/userfiles/file/dadaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+cut+and+merge+songs+in+androidPDF 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_off0000de55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE55 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f667.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF667 19768 bytes
SHA-256: 903bf1c5ec858ac32d334421b76f13b18fc42ff32e03f0ffbd913df0c81042dc
font_02_sfnt_off000129c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129C2 10844 bytes
SHA-256: 9802eb364e14ccf7dc634d2e3fa9e4a618d227b1c84ad8766d7c02105eb542ca