Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2675ac040f88e07d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.2 KB Created: 2021-08-09 06:08:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 9ae7f71e37ca509962cd9e090ce2e3be SHA-1: dd587d55b94dfc829340d4de5ac1a68cef776704 SHA-256: 2675ac040f88e07d2bb976c02edc9abe0447438f3cdaec43a89c56b4187bf175
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 storage or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. These elements suggest the document is designed to lure users to external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+use+echo+show+8+as+security+camera PDF link annotation
    • http://theclubburger.com/uploads/files/48498542715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b55d17015f8---lowelarekuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608239f862172---balupof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vendsol.com/userfiles/file/mesesadavajurisib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/muzel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u8528p6fk06cib2iusdvs1mr3p/navituxaxifov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cor.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20fi4elnc7kdaai5qmdibm6btr/58925219702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c10a8defe8f---61870399474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tavernadelsnoguers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cbeeb71b6a3615b6008c1ccbdbbfcb4/jogusorarifaremugobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mastersequipments.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/somedawukekajok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8363fca218---95922621801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32aa81ac42c3124a002d52e1d3ce1462/zikitenilevugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.varisistanbul.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081055ec711c---64329727815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kalikraft.com/images/file/wuzelijifusuvudaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stlnsk.ru/uploads/file/65042550029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://virker-ikke.dk/files/56367476409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mbk-montage.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nofugegenalorasixivin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa4107ccf7c---94134974135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/575aa3a54dc5625086c30c4c20ef7c7e/rizebipabigipileji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tgtech-auto.com/userfiles/file/22428092290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chongros.com/userData/board/file/20832155422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1c5bce8a98---16502287746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himalayanwanderer.com/himalayan/userfiles/files/gisadukopujujizefefo.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_off00011224.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11224 10844 bytes
SHA-256: a9b97bdfccc44836a174c7bff9504a720969804f4217bc7f867f64b9bf066590
font_01_sfnt_off00012b4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B4D 17572 bytes
SHA-256: 891f6bfb22dea30b19c556e684d1216d94bbeeb02f50ea64d9dbe255f946d50b
font_02_sfnt_off0001595f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1595F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1