Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db2b4420af2e9997…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 20:52:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 953876465aedf19ef8c4a7efc66486ef SHA-1: fe9737d31bf90c761462988d1fa65f7bbb7f5468 SHA-256: db2b4420af2e99978d57b1f7f1998e9512cf909e13b25875d613a1a05bf1da3f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The primary attack vector appears to be a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content hosted on compromised infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://ubest.ru/images/file/84370326459.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c683215daf---84704756161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bd5a27da3c---zebug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b6ab3be8cc---zunitufula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maderas-navarro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8950180595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elementsgogreen.com/userfiles/file/23529455428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibrahimalsada.com/pics/file/4529345519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjmassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9a140c2706812df1c7c37701b0bc48d/57023777015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0shg916k9vfoo84qt8st07c504/bipuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurumakaitori-one.com/js/upload/files/31915844117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.darvidproperty.com/news/file/53652493882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eb5d2d5354---9848602643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slbreakingnews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puxexewunawinovefuxujulij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae8f4f4cafab6aa248f8859631535671/32326633882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oguzlarotomatiksanziman.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/jikulonovijego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b974a5531c9---sirofudunumoledeludufaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://italiancousins.net/clients/5/54/54f3d33123424807706abe9154268524/File/7555923803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandotrading.it/uploads/file/85140288185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettynblue.com/upload/fck_img/20210508/file/neroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vaidvpth4e0damh0mgnk1c8ag2/kilurimibag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assotechne.eu/userfiles/files/vuxepizefejemasukadax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aaa4gqa2ku4srilj8pfv68uvnc/mipisefekarikimabozar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arnetbilgisayar.com/upload/ckfinder/files/kudag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a4c65d2190cb9027721f444e72734b3/sukenuxeburunoginizafum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=the+awakening+kate+chopin+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000ea5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA5B 10872 bytes
SHA-256: 4e180dc017e281d367f1f57c2ecad83e696e3f51dc6eb679a7f57e8e9d52b5e6
font_01_sfnt_off00010349.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10349 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011b5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B5B 17212 bytes
SHA-256: b9d4ddffb461972675942ab691dce33571f89d16bbb858eff80908ed965e1b87