Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2bb14f1ef08781cf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-09-15 21:16:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 96439b181b5dd0efd216917b3871cc6c SHA-1: 1dea9912a3b436ccefe36592a4f00180dbc95ffe SHA-256: 2bb14f1ef08781cf7245b0975b4f219354e090628e07438c67ea5af1bb47cac4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://secondhandgraphics.com/usrfiles/file/7278804907.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ksv4cej1c3inbpp2uiv6gkcpmn/nugimexaresi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://habibitours.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7460655144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crabandclaw.com/uploads/files/14945550097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomarcheluzzo.it/userfiles/files/falex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0de00e666ce1d4384723f1e37cc29a2/manetid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamedunyasi.com/calisma2/files/uploads/25298754862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nevisnews.com/userfiles/wevojiwujasixuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhongjiukeji.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-12/20210912112246592242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.park-seversk.ru/other/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nadimuverisoduterove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulmenu.com/uploads/files/fawumoxebolej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savalis.ru/userfiles/file/67361198865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gro-felix.si/uploads/88488635164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bitree.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lobeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aynadakikemalizm.com/resimler/files/bewevegebajunuruvupavoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.introspekta.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/90239229347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161340f7393f74---39691310086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dush-kz.ru/uploads/fck/file/lalub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dewalt-naradi.cz/media/upload/editor/file/fuloxeseraxijiraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1bbfb30a2b47c13fcd5fa44859ffdda/gilewenawedurafudefirodiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marugame.hk/editor_upload/file/51842200323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cottagegrad.ru/files/file/13397675549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bda.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gajimadowazazinaxufeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b8b37727f3---piroxaxunekopilup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asi-filter.pl/files/file/pawopafekufisuzegafopibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=gabriel%27s+inferno+book+2+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_off0000f156.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF156 10820 bytes
SHA-256: 4a1438f2e43f9b63b9c151afb952f3591cea7b73c64418a7323c9761a7500cb0
font_01_sfnt_off00010a3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A3E 17328 bytes
SHA-256: c8bb135e759d521eacc29be20b2859c6a0138f489084ea010ba184f6318de66a
font_02_sfnt_off00013686.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13686 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1