Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a982924916abede…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-20 04:18:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 8132a70605edc3d255ea734f317e90c5 SHA-1: 8e2ef00367225f47b4e0a06aba91fb3243367db5 SHA-256: 2a982924916abedee3e264d92f3f13e15cb485c4f977373e8d3f97b0da758790
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links to compromised websites, indicating an attempt to deliver a malicious payload. The presence of a 'download button' lure and ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download and execution of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://datajournonepal.org/files/sanositubasogogoseduzas.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cambridgekapurthala.com/damana/userfiles/file/7935898578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artistprasanna.com/userfiles/file/97780076414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longruiglass.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210907_111228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613752f383c40---jelofuvazijafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jumpstart.mobi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gowaxanuzutokigenolubige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://st-johnson.com/Uploadfiles/files/83016427713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paraglider24.de/pics/fotos/1/file/82537792143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90aoj0agf7cq.xn--p1ai/uploads/files/59870820676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://codienlanhminhquang.com/upload/files/lobukig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuqiaohome.com/uploads/files/202109191813331431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progfin.pl/userfiles/file/zefaxuvirubigedaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brkvinc.com/userfiles/file/93127945557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--vb0b83rba554gca.kr/page_data/file/20210920091452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theorientgarden.iorderfoods.com/uploads/files/42854056493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alpinismbihor.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/gutenawadudozop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelborgodeipoeti.com/userfiles/files/96181455439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-leasing-management.com/uf/file/99493384509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://justsayhi365.com/uploads/file/3885808069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doanandieuduong295doson.vn/namthuan/images/news/files/82988491965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j4b70i1a19p5lmi7bsrkccgmma/zasita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/21090614125980879676g9gm.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noursportevents.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/lugelajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ef5bde914a---suzemunevosijemetibowaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digitaldaya.com/imagenes/file/16658837239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://projectmine.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuzade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtselect.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gonebigowegenugomaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=mini+militia+hack+mod+appPDF 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_off0000db2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB2F 17544 bytes
SHA-256: 3668f40a38189614f75131d6e15130a30ecd992065f915b3c3883e88d0825d00
font_01_sfnt_off0001088a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1088A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000120a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120A1 10464 bytes
SHA-256: 57bec7e903b8bea96ff1804c73fdf91fc6d6d54c1333c68f0a153c483a646e70