Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc2fd120f1e6488d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.1 KB Created: 2021-07-15 20:19:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 1013c6f2cfcc7ad5aa179a08ce86cecc SHA-1: 6804336809097e3f00feba2a0e489fade83e31fa SHA-256: dc2fd120f1e6488d5baa3f3b3a98f8fa80dde00b73aafcf4836b990866a98d13
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and is identified as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting. This suggests the document's primary purpose is to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://floridainvestment.cz/files/file/gikiwawojiduvovipeni.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://migger.dk/userimages/file/84021760079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608115546181c---lupif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089bb7b1d3d6---95201646746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160864fff52260---piriseporel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160741eca3368d---56863106700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722b1738061---82220484328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjjiffy.com/upload/55187170669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-17/20210517133533253608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintmaster.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/korisodiwubebufirifujude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca1262d0f8c62c861a24a3805a284fa1/27141989358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giolog.biz/images/bulk_images/files/niwek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domeinbeverdonk.be/assets/files/file/zudutul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toskov-yordanov.com/userfiles/file/14965895776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kickcommerce.com/userfiles/file/jakutebofizuzipidunufag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aca1b653f3f---56025135466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/snn33asjpr4ovp69j0ds4u8gpb/wufovubopokanonudijug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3529206995d2ca86b2a9c77b0df1f87/jebobuxosavojabezef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071399d6254f---57521430366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gionggiacam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sagesirizixifuzaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3a20539ed9---24094271871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dagmar-e.de/userfiles/file/gekomulesexisono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c062fac918---48450961702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/122b713f97efeb0e68daa7e5a58fdfa8/domom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=4215+madrona+rdPDF 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_off0000b8a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB8A4 10160 bytes
SHA-256: a7c19e1e2158faf63955bee6a1babcd0a3a25e849ee96c1429ea39b6bc18c3e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cf57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF57 15556 bytes
SHA-256: bdbf26e914549bbd9769729172aab9922ef965131f4f6838156a44cdafaabcd0
font_02_sfnt_off0000f78b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF78B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1