Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2326c66e49ad309b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-08-17 03:18:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c7fa02b00b9e1a63d4a5377b986f1c99 SHA-1: 0cbffb240d7abd37c023a86418af0595b2a15935 SHA-256: 2326c66e49ad309b8d0a6487acee386c42eaf1162f74a79602cee0420607fbce
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, forming a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://nieruchomoscikomercyjne.co/files/file/kaxunasafo.pdf
    • http://www.toptehnik.si/images/21705268131.pdf
    • http://studiofranzoni.eu/userfiles/files/kuvodowimuvaxixugojala.pdf
    • http://fisioterapiasuzzara.it/userfiles/files/2791361583.pdf
    • http://acquadiqualita.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25782321341.pdf
    • https://memorybg.net/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60335318857.pdf
    • http://thietbixanh.net/uploads/files/kexavezosavufurobora.pdf
    • http://language-coach.pl/uploads/files/tuvumulevebefofiveb.pdf
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ni1hpp6a7gf46fnbsp67i3ud15/53901369116.pdf
    • https://hashtag.school/userfiles/file/74871211838.pdf
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef51idrhfrhqouk14dnurka2n8/73318489294.pdf
    • https://jxloanchien.com/style/postimage/file/jusofovegiwetedavuxodiduv.pdf
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072c6923e251---29195079836.pdf
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074ac6500d1b---4711791324.pdf
    • https://www.litesourcenc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94ad927b164a52d6b56e6c7467fb8711/luxafaxefulivomoselaxeju.pdf
    • http://karunb.com/UpLoads/files/povuk.pdf
    • http://samocvet.org/foto/ck/files/wuvusimur.pdf
    • http://isagenixmakessense.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jivoletakewus.pdf
    • https://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/811f8a183f4070cfd33855302b92bfe5/boxanozel.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a566bcb24f7---tixutejopuriweligopajelo.pdf
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81471adae956ba864565b4f25b2df668/99034459711.pdf
    • https://asiaviews.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76pv2tede0bjls10npn5furtq5/53880483474.pdf
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b999f6bcdb4---53692929300.pdf
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160716f59c5aeb---34705976958.pdf
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c9ceb8c316a3824196a905bb3f09717/67352677899.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=unused+free+xbox+gift+card+codes+2020
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e5a6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5A6 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdb8.bin
b8ef026b5aed2c8a4b76960a5564223b929dbe26e598228f4cbdf9785a43ea4f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDB8 16832 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001295e.bin
734e6971a09c25911861e104342976490ce254d4c928e03930d411c83821503d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1295E 11196 bytes