Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ab7c32ac22b3074…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.4 KB Created: 2021-08-01 16:33:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 6137f4f8ddfdd6b716bd9d1d71b44f29 SHA-1: 788fb1a575f1f00e7225d8e082220eccff759f2f SHA-256: 2ab7c32ac22b3074aeb3e13a61e1e145e2ca8d88813ae7f51ef7f01a0b1e94f8
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and flagged by an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://nergizleryapi.com/image/files/75201355668.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://silga.ca/userfiles/file/63420706004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083a233648fd---rosefodidujesevet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arnold-sitter.com/CKEdit/upload/files/dixesafeluto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b1pa9ui2753utgg4ihn6esu01/ruzuzinediwivukubukez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/908ae42b5cbb05411db02bf261f7699c/nijezej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubberia.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gakukidepafilujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackielaw.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/93045343082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b79296e28cbaa1f1fea20925dcb81333/74437297205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thongthien.vn/upload/files/70823498726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giasutainha24h.com/upload/files/65524955054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarujiovalente.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2uleh5tiobdah5todf2g2fsl1/rigutavoxuwisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tckontrola.hr/files/gevadomavubijegubedixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12shio2.com/contents//files/kijepak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5127b27e0f---49467313003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ykzn8.com/upfiles/editor/files/nuporaduvusuzugunotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://123podkrovie.sk/editor_uploads/files/60444806708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montaze.org/democms/userfiles/file/39203604758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f76472788c---rovowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b2ed583184---malanesasopinawutigipeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zohopin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/95528534318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhatminhtrading.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/dafakaxebutubolevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naplesredeals.com/userfiles/files/paxepigewidimilap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a395b0580fe---84913421039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c77797c943---79035747340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=is+all+of+naruto+shippuden+on+crunchyrollPDF 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_off000119c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119C2 17620 bytes
SHA-256: 073345d7a3882626e4b4488107372f4a48ea80ad45b97db616b0656a35a8d078
font_01_sfnt_off00014878.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14878 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001608f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1608F 10880 bytes
SHA-256: 4e9ef6190744be7e1b0a7ee9ccc3a0f754c04ff3e79f9cc388a7799639466dd9