Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f2dd50e883034909…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-09-16 07:55:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 10215a89adfedc556de16d752b50b857 SHA-1: ad1a6fade1bdb95d7790a1a7ee7628e98dc6a34f SHA-256: f2dd50e883034909a2912765bcad4b44e9d27fe5c095c07fbabf312661cdee04
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. It also includes numerous links to compromised websites, suggesting a link farm or redirection strategy to host further malicious payloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fb02ec3ed3---88110402276.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133a7710accd---pakosetoviranesulovijini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mamafoundation.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jitimabojimixujuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qfuse.it/images/uploaded_files/ckfinder/files/1631432250_7bd353a758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137c9b184f17---temewomebasisorubokowixup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135df875cad8---67516697580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailycan.com/userfiles/files/jatikori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--dlek-5qa.com/admin/UserFiles/file/pupinem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hairfibers24.com/upload/file/79164814874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140d621c2e10---61831366386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dea668d2a86df7dbeff271addae034fb/tabufabivufopalerita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holocaustresearch.pl/nowy/photo/file/sedelusolonuvumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crisismobile.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67713069398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://projekt-lesen.de/userfiles/file/gixitazijiwefejoxozemizin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132bf559f2df---49202025277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evergreendentistryva.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32074933377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yoga-privates.com/yoga-privates/file/jawubilozirupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/873ea80265dbcc1bd2989e80b42c5f43/wozegatavufudogupiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samudra99.com/contents/files/25162551598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujieshubao.com/zk/UploadFile/file/2021090920334973499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blgjad.com/upload/files/16714493539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikincielinmak.com/upload/ckfinder/files/39123609653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=wear+os+apps+apkPDF 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_off0000f281.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF281 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010a93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A93 17872 bytes
SHA-256: 2548e9840c10e744b41b78cd663ba4851c79009c3711af59e26f28a1488ffd38
font_02_sfnt_off0001386b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1386B 9992 bytes
SHA-256: 06f0b7629377ecdd87481e99af94edb857a02843326788470cfe28543db007aa