Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a779eac1fec8cd3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.6 KB Created: 2021-10-02 11:56:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 01b0772080371346eb316a157e0c5faf SHA-1: 5066f6c9af8e82de785026b5b78d225fa9092c2c SHA-256: 2a779eac1fec8cd33598ee7c4a9ce5b1a823037b0aaaeb7e00c445844242831f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, including an image-only presentation and embedded links to external sites. Several heuristics indicate the document is designed to host a collection of links, potentially leading to malicious content or further downloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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.
  • 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://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614dacef9cc97---45615905736.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://k31szmq42-nu28.com/contents/files/jitatesisunirepawudunufel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614fce3e2f96d---39748991844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdi.vn/userfiles/file/rikanuloxotunupavow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://140.121.161.111/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7297248577.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://zeshengtecphar.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210905155138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mopis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dijladentalcenter-qa.com/userfiles/file/vonabune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jagamimpi.org/contents/files/64400686153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourbuilding.ru/userfiles/files/35360342861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614bd9c943357---mirigafejitanozemex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdknoodles.co/uploads/files/34258814181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615406502406b---jodamemodopajaduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://epagneuls-bretons.fr/caningest/images/file/zixabafasemokazerurokex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c8f27b6d6e1bb38a31c030f6df47407/xoboxemutarejuzevedanula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kubablimel.pl/Image/files/78004323749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://55pluscommunityspecialist.com/userfiles/files/rufunamadizokitimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seo-methodes.com/userfiles/file/11901488118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fecoil.com/userfiles/file/jokemuzegakeromarip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innova-perila.ru/upload/files/suzerebawugowusofepax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iweldbot.com/ckfinder/pho/files/44581812344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bostaninsaat.com/image/files/miduwuxekubibamor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caythuocdangian.net/images/files/pikiwuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=blackjack+with+friends+online+freePDF 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_off0000aff7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFF7 13984 bytes
SHA-256: 99f0b65addc0076be66303277d43a4e09634454c54385049581e30c553eeb1fc
font_01_sfnt_off0000d2e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2E9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000eb00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB00 10932 bytes
SHA-256: 4375d00d0bb755fe491cf5fdbeb06fb1e7a359accbb4fd863646c5d6d40cdb7d