Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a533209a61df99f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-09-11 01:04:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 6b98975a7e4ef8753bc6aaa15d8f0af2 SHA-1: 3a1f4409aeb8ff9c338c35825d62c9b26b037991 SHA-256: 2a533209a61df99f79cb3674f6434d34c6966f1615b892bdb55a17f2b489d1a9
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external links, some pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The 'Fake CAPTCHA' heuristic strongly suggests a social engineering attempt to lure the user into performing an action that would lead to further compromise. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates this by executing malicious code or redirecting the user to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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
  • Fake CAPTCHA / human verification prompt high SE_FAKE_CAPTCHA
    Document displays a fake CAPTCHA or human-verification prompt — used to trick users into running commands or pressing keyboard shortcuts
  • 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://satbietthu.com/luutru/files/firalokomuj.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://jairdefreitas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11281949359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pradakshinam.com/fck_uploads/file/48804729636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euinsuti.uniluxgym.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/54665034715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fyna.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nibabutefujom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boldogelet.hu/media/47517035888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkortaxiservice.com/userfiles/file/galakukakidebanusel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ee3455b1e9---kotafiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamesandsons.ca/userfiles/file/61442818382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavibusiness.it/file/74333181822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szpk.hu/_user/file/21705696960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/bepomajapudav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedfightalliance.jordanadams.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50536991946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shindah.com/images/ckeditor_img/files/29888827367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metrominicabs.com/survey/userfiles/files/27868211166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/391f1ff50d0a040a8ff3f1138d40c094/givepogum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duocmyphamcongty.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/wifomokipesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/10396485256135e653c9fff.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613936daa4e05---siwigikisafolete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maintogelonline2.org/contents/files/bijaburetonifigobamej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asijskepotraviny.cz/files/file/79258214038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongdacable.com/d/files/6733167564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b52be147dc---34408357872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bwhe.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/widufaviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=lucky+step+apkPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000e895.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE895 10168 bytes
SHA-256: 8b4b8e8ffe0b6a1c0cb82f5a45219482f45d4e24fff33457f666fa8e87e32cfc
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF9A 18604 bytes
SHA-256: 12c06acafa37db836a13d8e0f63557524aae0570c2fb755b8cdbd4ef873d46c1
font_02_sfnt_off00013033.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13033 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1