Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2973b39534b66202…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.3 KB Created: 2021-09-18 17:26:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e229147056579d9a5988ebc7538266d2 SHA-1: ce631ff550fa2d0b3f31912748a1c053b0b31ba9 SHA-256: 2973b39534b662020b0b5ba848985ba9387cc021b8a8d9b1df06f76335c4eaa3
224 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to various PDF files, some hosted on potentially compromised sites. The heuristic 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' indicates the document likely instructs the user to open a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway security. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic suggests a pretext for the user to call a number, often associated with tech support scams or refund phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://rulife.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43473196739.pdf
    • http://easternhoteljeju.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210912_F46C4AD8CCB87848.pdf
    • https://kalashad.com/userfiles/file/28038034675.pdf
    • http://tehnicgaz.eu/files/file/88097863341.pdf
    • http://sk-uralstroy.ru/uploads/files/kejifatovafojuvekaban.pdf
    • https://esvigo.com/upload/files/tesuj.pdf
    • https://ontogepszerviz.hu/editor_up/63050533414.pdf
    • http://veronikavilla.hu/userfiles/file/xotusafijinakuwukeduv.pdf
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb3553a426ca52797005dfee8571c08e/28157965410.pdf
    • https://eletvital.hu/uploads/files/39575385480.pdf
    • http://idealhca.com/admin/images/file/xuvawep.pdf
    • http://cnsgawefgl.netsociality.com/upload/files/70195583876.pdf
    • http://prochem.vn/images/uploads/files/sogitokajamibijususumun.pdf
    • https://i-chat.tw/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/laxoxofilunuwagobu.pdf
    • http://hasicimosnov.cz/foto/Image/file/positele.pdf
    • http://rtm-plus.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lawojamero.pdf
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be0a6b9ad2286ff7e58a5839a16427aa/32701001273.pdf
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143c3133f21f---28311923033.pdf
    • https://techielingo.com/fck_uploads/files/bimix.pdf
    • http://homokkepek.hu/editor_up/86641078874.pdf
    • http://veiligheidssloten.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/peboxaximanimagaloxezejo.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=dictionnaire+pour+tablette+android+gratuit
    • 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_off0001187c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1187C 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00013093.bin
734287f85ff783c7c4b5e4be98319473ca3c9024ed1ae0e67210a28ec9362162
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13093 10760 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000148f6.bin
c94a354460a71869bcb40bf26d83d87f35fb1cea98686b28770ab28bc17295ce
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x148F6 20960 bytes