Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f2b2abbb77073322…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.0 KB Created: 2021-07-13 03:54:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: d91ccd20d634dc503021e0185e634f7c SHA-1: 5941b7fe5179334acb2468d448d1a005fe670400 SHA-256: f2b2abbb77073322dd9d0a1f94d0c8fa3b1668f27dab509ec559b45e2b408828
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external links, which form a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination and potentially deliver a malicious payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=my+dog+started+growling+at+me+for+no+reason PDF link annotation
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e68dc37117d7cdbb60079c9e346c693e/18661880351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trevelsi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77152721006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serextion2006.com/js/upload/files/wunirarofejire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097b244b9bae---roguzovenuxowofijotesabow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eae520de1c---52068044920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ztkammer.at/uploads/file/9957022255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c44654efe808a0ee3ed99f5cf299e942/penokaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0c6a35f0b1---2210611539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2e8c2f2a35---59213111808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albatrossmrn.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/76929903865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://9meclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22790557190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ee0bg2d688c1m6bh3vniat7h2/faduzatilanaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zoorichi.com/temp/fckeditor/file/40108356400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e62cf2441d---74325812356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heldermusic.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56367366612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074335a020e0---385416075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/mugifemukoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2be0ee21a265b8da4d9b7c8078a9f6db/wosazemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84dd6a45c182b394a249eb25e80b23c6/kafemuxejukimoginiwotema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0099ef1bf9---85046306966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i4a6tpsrv72vq6qddj6u83f65j/nofoximifijukokapaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3e0e550d7f---jubedarurokumomufiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hum-lucknow.org/test/fckeditor/file/besasumavabezenimosiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elsadaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wudifojomawamaduwob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abd13082761---susipejivased.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_off0001043d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1043D 17228 bytes
SHA-256: 2333b53795fe7cba17836d8b64ee276850d03b2629e1d8d3fbd78119c971cbb1
font_01_sfnt_off00013158.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13158 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001496f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1496F 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 9e2e73a47ba89edf1f89df45e0239094d66764fd30517c032fbe6c5650330917