Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a5ba3820be06adf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 13:03:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 36696e1eb0f91811c9fd5f97bf6c2a59 SHA-1: b7468d60c7e848b11425293871b281911cbbb603 SHA-256: 2a5ba3820be06adf1597e515efb896bd0044f2f5b451d7094e77b637a970bd7d
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download or execution of a secondary payload, and the link farm serves as a lure for users to access these compromised resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://clubelsendero.com/img_pag/file/suvekepizipa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88138037263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erdenetpost.mn/userfiles/files/ragasekavitatakakuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asianmosaicnyc.com/userfiles/file/wukazedak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aarhuskortet.dk/images/file/89617953737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vieclamday.com/userfiles/file/jituzusisefaduxijuraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ep0u4verb68qi07jeir78grauo/kavimodejisizavavuwira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd74d11b32505f9430fc2561bdd72632/vovomemufosugafekomoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbd7537f33d---tetofixavifewowovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bleikss.com/userfiles/file/29433290582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce5ce6dc52ac5d0c34e4d90d14c0c79f/gomokukabonifaroge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teormech.ru/teormech/usrimg/file/tanaxufivisusade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iphonerepairservice.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/bomivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bn9goi9hb8ll384hjj99r16pm0/40012623312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chatfieldfarms101.com/userimages/67694534393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a0e27cfc78fc9f3e7452b850d197dc5/migavurizifilesiribu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f399593b6d9bb4866f07d018063a3ffd/37026954134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liccuza.ro/stiri_files/file/modikibid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kipia-nn.ru/userfiles/file/weladiwital.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beysukonaklari.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zamakozaximu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/54680156503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nessium.net/userfiles/file/42478971036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093c85269600---51525882270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8461d334a4b855153656954aa295b1f3/golefogarasuzawazamoxarom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyescare.vn/app/webroot/upload/ckfinder/files/71199784864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arab-hams.com/Ups/files/81402004595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=printable+note+paper+pdfPDF 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_off0000d5e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5E0 18492 bytes
SHA-256: a22957e83581ea6f56f91291b6c52cda97eb6e825f011d3f7632d827d9e16116
font_01_sfnt_off000105df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105DF 10464 bytes
SHA-256: bd1c8c63fef5f3b201f93574ef0b8bcbc0927a8d75aaacc892c0a3c5f251d36a
font_02_sfnt_off00011d76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D76 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1