Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a67f414268bc7ee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 15:01:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 23167d0effdc603930f2bb6c92ee8d17 SHA-1: ab91b584de06edbd85e304ae649f648cb8e88065 SHA-256: 2a67f414268bc7eef78294a38d57b82ff5a9bd2068638a6356a8ef8bc61eca37
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external sites, which are characteristic of phishing or malware distribution lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://ahreco.com/uploads/news_file/98674549252.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://abwva.com/uploads/files/90008809390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expresstestingatl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0cd54eaf1faaf8ba63cc62c0aafcc0c/vitenufemelixif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d74c856ab1f7340b5bd5dbe51e2ca028/lakuruzeruvoditofufilezow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicopetrillo.eu/userfiles/files/kazuboxudinirepesopote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poltinik.ru/userfiles/file/15188844267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lnk-creation.fr/upload/file/52859894695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tatugigo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68477934824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marwaservicecenter.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/pusijinopuzoxur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15b2aed233ff1c353033d5bf19babde6/95364907691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weeb.nu/userfiles/file/rekududewotugex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9036b2fa8e---38534046201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amblamy.ee/upload/file/60150443349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160843b318ef7f---22369015917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esipro.fr/userfiles/file/totipopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquatrustfina.com/userfiles/file/91368869729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64bfa648b1cca9ec7907b5317fd6a77f/52509695424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92d46b9d26a9ac61099ba297696237e4/38352762459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e676cb0d795---38411682825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.performhabitat.fr/bundles/astadmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77286029336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://area5srl.it/file/57495517452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba33a1732faf2086cda39ecc46adfd33/dawemawezuzid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1b1e9ea9bb---47806167550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ce02c87b5---buxodigixuxoxulojixerevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baileyelectrical.services/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3jq7hbg77u0n953vsep82g89te/50572259598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=onward+cultivating+emotional+resilience+in+educators+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_off0000d7e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7E2 11240 bytes
SHA-256: 52e00049fdfc7eeb0b0a2db7c946c825589fb28e41d92cd9f1868aea7936ce66
font_01_sfnt_off0000f21a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF21A 17012 bytes
SHA-256: fa0e1b97157da3df5d49aa000357edefae6af8efbda6d83202f1e48c225b0ca8
font_02_sfnt_off00011dd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DD2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1