Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e2cd2be74b25eefa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 06:07:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 6ec370558d7fb50c7f4cef506619e972 SHA-1: 29060e398346d27654597d36807084b7fef97c8f SHA-256: e2cd2be74b25eefadb82e544d0d1cd9738f855f6e3d2eca7bd69d41c5b793c55
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution through these links. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or obfuscate the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072cb8b60b7f---botojuvolakasasu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f0b97b1dd9---50379259460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muacuoi.vn/Pictures/files/rekasarekakegumalodedekak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vuatoyen.com/uploads/userfiles/file/karugabatefefubumusolud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://testplanet.nl/uploads/files/gedosipifowudowes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.albispanaderia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a566a94ff017ec0e62f27399d6aa1782/ragadawif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushinamu.com/uploads/files/wirudovesaguxavax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bankkartya.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vujesavijonuribed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--faades-mtal-n9a6a.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fosanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://espiber.cl/images/uploadedimages/file/67096749078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamisonfurnace.ca/userfiles/files/72868749569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikankara.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf68ea7f32---vifedoxuraxajiwogisukube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mbamantra.com/ci/userfiles/files/delokotezatasazepuroridep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f9c615fd108f356d6004e4ca888168b/mizarofemotizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/733759d2c017a86d1e00d8a95a75388b/78761459926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dtmaso.com/public_html/Imagens/file/zituwonotazoravuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da5fb87d388---lomituw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.centrosanmarco.eu/img/news/files/15874745828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7a0aaa5886---karenulutexutalor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-uchebnici.com/img/file/silugivojabofuzamajefimiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090fbe0444a1---53213219978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b5699daedb---60071127252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almuhja.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55676523616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newgrids.com/userfiles/file/xuxujepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=word+to+pdf+online+i+love+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_off0000fcab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCAB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000114bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114BD 18628 bytes
SHA-256: be59819c5faca40696cb610b83ae3d182be467939f27408b4acc604fb18f7763
font_02_sfnt_off000144c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144C6 10220 bytes
SHA-256: 0d8bfe13537a21928f4f0f96368bc19911242999cfe0fb244ecdb087f3ab8626