Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a02b85a53757196…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.5 KB Created: 2021-07-19 05:52:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 19b50c54c976312fd98284c8d5cef7fa SHA-1: eab38e1e336c1ae75a517f68cc828d751e3a67c4 SHA-256: 2a02b85a53757196b003c87428be9769c56f9d4f8af017210fc8ecc3fc817c39
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript and link farm structure suggest an attempt to redirect the user to further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://dichvugiayphep.net/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/14381941684.pdf
    • http://thinhhoanggia.vn/Images_upload/files/13828605363.pdf
    • http://www.nachtruhe.info/up/files/96568383902.pdf
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a99f1b22eef---zowupuletawegetoxejose.pdf
    • http://aceonlinementors.com/userfiles/file/wunukonuguj.pdf
    • http://sgrappresentanze.eu/userfiles/files/tazagilipesosesusepunuvo.pdf
    • http://fixmyhelicopter.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/73191978258.pdf
    • https://artenika.pl/fck/file/31662381922.pdf
    • https://ecobox.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/febc0oq0e3dk19n4va8d7jt7ln/dituditusudefiwumuwita.pdf
    • https://ecowaytechnologies.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51045225352.pdf
    • https://birgatour.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68280879008.pdf
    • http://atya.eu/files/file/23953332176.pdf
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nfdpbc5es6qqap0fnn3q6jv4mh/45912860359.pdf
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8886b5974b803fc6af17ef27783d1b72/38182339764.pdf
    • https://aykutemlak.com/upload/ckfinder/files/56106305898.pdf
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58a6d8dea63f58ab42bd9384de68d448/solilazakuvawaluzonom.pdf
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab529ab3a21---54140324044.pdf
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ca18fa7c99---sexaz.pdf
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fa5f2b0633520bd87402b7ce51195d7/palimilakufamawili.pdf
    • https://krimgranit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02f4301e32895258978385b3b68988b1/89554090505.pdf
    • http://artdealer.vn/upload/fckimagesfile/4379a1fc3dd62ab405e00e430d591098.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=seeing+an+owl+at+night
    • 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_off00010f14.bin
72a3150894f02fe90f6ee57755e808eb0a69abd7a8b99ab7e0c80243f50371b3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F14 10280 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012639.bin
c51d31bb248a120e7fe12fbaddeb02e9b2b0b6281179013463282f0abdc696e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12639 18364 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001554d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1554D 16792 bytes