Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e2949dd17bf3bce5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.2 KB Created: 2021-09-27 18:58:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 488bb0f05c929df5ae102bcf307c8854 SHA-1: bd69a88fcd81148803a3aafa4d7973f992108a8c SHA-256: e2949dd17bf3bce5cf86cbc26c539837075b2b4b839d9307c58d6425f7ef25a9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier indicating maliciousness. The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggests it functions as a link farm. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially malicious websites, likely for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

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://studiopedrazzini.eu/userfiles/files/fowavu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://oikoscoccatoarchitettura.com/userfiles/files/86867647852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozona.pt/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/wysiwygfiles/file/lawebavevej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161409b267d6ae---81713179276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luyutea.net/v15/Upload/file/20219164377946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3nvbbqphcb08jd4gr3v93bdgga/wilibenijegozupoxof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daltan.hu/userfiles/file/17601701982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zzwgjx.com/d/files/44553308246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himalmanpower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29904984594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dbcasagayathottam.org/assets/uploads/cms_images/files/falefebotexuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16150c5a0781ab---mumol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anukulagrotech.com/ci/userfiles/files/muligotelufur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livelyway.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/konogaxavuzofebutoguke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cemeba.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/29718389515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khaskhaan.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/48641918896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614d886553b71---detirigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148b52a28014---94696353105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ww150001.linebot.net/upfile/files/20210905020054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamaconsultores.cl/upload/file/wugaboditukuwasexegapuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamkr.com/userData/board/file/puselirokupipudubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immsac.pe/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/64865073069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detector-billetes.com/Imagenes/file/lapajonirogidoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaupa.cz/userfiles/file/sakegukufabexudiwasetugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=2d+running+gamesPDF link annotation
    • http://s250801404.onlinehome.fr/img/uploaded/file/67427021594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000af12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF12 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c729.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC729 10448 bytes
SHA-256: 863a289c524f8080d8130aee79a03c2b3ed647ed3bddfba236ec9e51ddc97391
font_02_sfnt_off0000dea3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEA3 15792 bytes
SHA-256: 2e682dae2f352c72dc6ca05f40f3ac1e20f85627d916cce0a507afa6e9141a7a