Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f2dcc467b385ba75…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.6 KB Created: 2021-08-14 10:45:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 8a55b5783697e0175679b313385a43a3 SHA-1: 09905ce11b806b122711e2de7afe96ae583acca4 SHA-256: f2dcc467b385ba75ba689a08ea635ae819a0e7f52d7fcf0b112aafc39aa917e5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially malicious content or phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9934

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://spearsyounglegacy.com/clients/b/b2/b2c23f164518415ec8f3c1c8d0af542d/File/ravafevofoxe.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://matrainagycsalados.hu/userfiles/file/mibekuferojovabape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daoltrading.com/userData/board/file/bowikasagifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sage-chem.com/image/files/20210721_204434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finpacecuador.com/userfiles/file/94567708580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://movietek.vn/hinh-anh/files/nisokutozetudevafevewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1137.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99178866955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kabelkyaobuv.sk/editor_uploads/files/fodasezunez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burragebrothers.com/demo/jolie/beta/userfiles/files/mugojibusom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solartgaleria.hu/images/file/57662340576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ms-beauty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jinulemakedemanos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musiclivemarsala.com/userfiles/files/zolukani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/zovipomijizeletatozorilit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd81248acf0---furowabudirenunatumafiwiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefertilizerequipment.com/d/files/zurilazarulovapoxesej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7g1jkjh9a3n8198iitlpr10n5/bajit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080fb20a9561---nafuragelesefelulore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/pojiluwotusemakunura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atek-ent.com/upload/file/86710766011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johnsonsdynastyincfamilyassociation.com/clients/10108/File/texuxifuxigop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160774861cabe3---54610713463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arlingtonhigh1961.com/clients/e/ef/ef36f0800c0a5d5a0b00d5ecc8c3c6da/File/kirevawejifalub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c265dcb1ecf075ffb6852d42abafd44/suwilegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d41cb3a7e33---xipabaguxipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bn4erhe5vff5qjiuo24034t73/buxakom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solidpractise.com/files/userfiles/file/39857238411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=arquitectura+simbologia+de+planos+arquitectonicos+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_off0000c48c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC48C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dca3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCA3 11328 bytes
SHA-256: ad729b916bad7fb5576cdebe4607da73add7a2886a00dd37342acebfa07bb0ed
font_02_sfnt_off0000f686.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF686 17036 bytes
SHA-256: 9a5eb8586348f87b5dfb00cb7d7a6e20d3af5665ac8403b6924803e818a8371b