Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2678aefe28e3a15a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 15:11:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: b9db9d88ae4ac9b41e5192a7515e2c6d SHA-1: 72595b59c394b45b2ca5a0910e1972d03ad27cf2 SHA-256: 2678aefe28e3a15a734e3a8b0ebaa49ad96dd4ed8b6f56f98a96bd72920f9162
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs pointing to compromised websites and link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external sites, which are designed to host further malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bulbar+and+pseudobulbar+palsy+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://netisiletisim.com/guvennet/resimlerfiles/timikevawad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tahitotfaluovodak.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83897107609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelknowhowscotland.co.uk/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gifivedezufuwuxor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coiffurenais.com/userfiles/file/balexonaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greatnice.club/updatefiles/file/xutuduvas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teresachild.com/upload/files/xizipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0eb6319f0a---81904810358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dagmar-e.de/userfiles/file/78641314417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccskin.com/geektic/files/86866764441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://datong-travel.tw/upload/ckeditor/files/20210704015625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klenderbio.com/upload/files/sarexil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://demetraproject.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6080484877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bethelhanberryaaa.com/clients/2/24/2465ef4bb9bb1b7382310ae17d7cafeb/File/wufunibuwuwalamaludupima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sumnerclassof1976.com/clients/4/49/49b54eafcc86ae0c30eb104ab8b91c7c/File/40855346598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.deuba.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lludjhqk10e3p37uoo818hbv5u/35648508961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splhardware.com/UploadFile/file/2021072619044473499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3f36911c22---pijasipoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yksskj.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21107941511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wajl.net/img/file/202162912811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gold-carsales.com/js/upload/files/lajezufijarepotelizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.southforconstruction.com/frontend/web/ckfinder/userfiles/files/loxon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28c9c023945a9aaecaf2dfbbd7c749fe/92457376813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087b5b0cfb62---87346713125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084faf86e8ba---18066904710.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_off0000dc60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC60 18620 bytes
SHA-256: d0e8967bf8c63a1914b94e05c7cd2ac6f25f6dc5ffde8d04a402fbe614935a50
font_01_sfnt_off00010c8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C8F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000124a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124A6 10708 bytes
SHA-256: 41b2c691c8833c82502863ccc827e9bd209083b4846eb8592eae6af893023bcb