Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f2533ae49a3d011d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-08-04 19:50:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 48f6bb9c417d92aee2826a4bfadd053e SHA-1: 177163da57740bf7506c36d48d7103d3826bb37b SHA-256: f2533ae49a3d011dc4c6f3f93e7034b351d03decb9398d5623aa200e73992d5e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to initiate malicious actions. The heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites. These sites, in turn, host further PDF files, suggesting a multi-stage download or redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfc32b28cc1ad4bda03383f66e572204/jawivexavuwavujamovi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///54077843969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f5f333501---tilenatunifuxere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orikon.net/Images_upload/files/bolejugabejisoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chizclean.ru/files/fck/file/13902828177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c70d51d8c431cecfe9d11ae966a52e75/pilisuriladavuditukepena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38k29h2dk8ul4ajqp0v5jtoqo6/pebuzijusezamoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e520415017---xivuxizojuzim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namhungholdings.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/91516733264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/72171929677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reaga.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rirapovarevukekozalaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9050a1ed4d---sotosaluvurufapepuvumazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promise-land.com/upload/file/60811532941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ca20d6a804---53994807698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://annekienlen.fr/imagesfile/kubuxul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosalesrep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0353310368dd88e8747c039fa08c6b5/86007888599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.horakgolf.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lafolepova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfaa307d55d---20464765911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toptoptraining.ru/img/upload/file/mekuzulamakevuvew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecobox.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6qg351k99vjt652rt8spge0gq9/gumasobomifadunuwixisad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://walkercombsfamilyreunion.com/clients/d/df/dfd517ab040340b2551da60fba195f5f/File/sumotujiroxulomaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herbwaterthailand.com/userfiles/files/pexukiwojiwixalezexomimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodtraefarm.com/ckupload/files/25567628420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saintarseny.ca/sites/saintarseny.ca/files/file/68647001877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=download+wcc3+mod+apk+v1.1PDF 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_off0000ebad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBAD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000103bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103BF 17136 bytes
SHA-256: 30bb76df851d6b1335936e49cf553f1cb1dc633a4867b0c8f65127b3b2e9c420
font_02_sfnt_off000130ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130AD 10620 bytes
SHA-256: d381c006f4617f99e7e751960ea386f45d6906034a9a523b6de1e229ed1ac663