Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b73777f6461a52f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 08:00:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 6501841abe6aa965bf4ba1612fe3aa84 SHA-1: 1f1f6d21f6c95f89ceb233285939cd18bfee37b0 SHA-256: 2b73777f6461a52f405dc921e97d9c54ee7458d5869e145eaaf516664df7f120
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document identified as malicious by a ML classifier and ClamAV. It contains a link farm pointing to various domains, some of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites. Embedded JavaScript was also detected, suggesting potential for further malicious actions like downloading additional payloads or redirecting users to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ugc+net+paper+1+old+question+papers PDF link annotation
    • https://podiummagazinenews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mewaxaranuwezubadisobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.performhabitat.fr/bundles/astadmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71992635319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://meganimal.pt/site/upload/file/57987347878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7992ov4401q1g5hp0gbs7r7iq2/gapofugivubopijufim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forma8.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bonani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/lifusogifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makemycake.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l1q6smc3j2vsc5qe8bcrap7j35/38329530749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nepodoshlo.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31712588015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csim.jp/ckeditor/uploads/files/wuzepazesetejaravuwuzeser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dbcasagayathottam.org/assets/uploads/cms_images/files/kuzanegubalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagatjyotischool.org/jagatjyotischool/userfiles/file/sidez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1d3555bc5a---38755233314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajisushionline.com/uploads/files/13667122445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lyonsmcafeereunion.com/clients/a/ab/ab8eb7fa8d7cf94b91f67e7e346c80ed/File/22652463678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neogmbh.de/www/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/37359201373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s8radziejowice-paszkow.pl/userfiles/file/madakos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://observatoire-omic.org/documents/file/texakexowuxasidorogidekek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eobliecky.sk/userfiles/file/99813352904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ff0a3b28bc7---51542902122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dramayaramendes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e26720671---35604380658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddf09d0f75b---daxepaxeremuzixetinozagug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hysansam.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/69015139530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://location-appartement-venise.com/italie_documents/files/nilapogalulew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/svq6ip2pbbvrv07q9a52kqi642/wenanukenazolivukagus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/js875fvcgc7iaemau0fe7q9ar3/tevixesubigatupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e468.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE468 10992 bytes
SHA-256: 21430ccd665a25605620362cd077bfbbbab05117545a68e823046c16e0933059
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD93 18120 bytes
SHA-256: 1dbb6d9600d3a7aac5114452bde173ae060c53416af79f457699a3f4b62322e2
font_02_sfnt_off00012bea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BEA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1