Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ca97f789a06c104…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.4 KB Created: 2021-09-27 09:31:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: fffee94dc7d7524cb0179c9d4da4a34a SHA-1: 942baccf3c555dd678040d27f9f125557bc124d0 SHA-256: 2ca97f789a06c1040c1fee13e7f1cd14b917b726e999ae3c4bb6be63917e8fed
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF is identified as malicious by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier, with ClamAV detecting it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The document employs an image-only lure, typical of phishing, and contains numerous links to external PDFs hosted on compromised websites. These links likely serve to redirect the user to malicious content or further stages of an attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • 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 https://ciela13.leaddeehub.com/userfiles/files/63925101543.pdf
    • http://innova-perila.ru/upload/files/65272775997.pdf
    • http://soft-pro.hr/upload/datoteke/23471766066.pdf
    • http://espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sojokoxamunojufugijaf.pdf
    • https://textolinguisticsolutions.com/upload/editor/file/37196325879.pdf
    • https://www.whoamiandwhyamihere.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65208963401.pdf
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cuff8tnmq6mhjs3elsoic0t71/86053476095.pdf
    • http://brickform.cz/obrazky/files/57780344770.pdf
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b704989e5f1717cf08b7b8c7f1e05e3/51567464056.pdf
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/63774477621.pdf
    • http://m-s-g.ru/userfiles/files/51694497772.pdf
    • http://greenhousehotel.vn/uploads/image/files/3549298469.pdf
    • http://dishandspoonproductions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dubeja.pdf
    • https://daulte.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rinerik.pdf
    • https://szallas-karpatalja.hu/upload/tojigunufibomazuxusirot.pdf
    • http://e-hematologica.pl/users/file/pifisalopesagane.pdf
    • https://grandiosieventinuziali.it/filesUploads/file/68432481462.pdf
    • http://araulmor.tel-cor.com/images/library/file/dulowamufewis.pdf
    • http://marienoellebermond.com/img/uploaded/file/52535974682.pdf
    • http://laiyi-art.com/userfiles/file/73941518380.pdf
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e375vp0s9slbsktbrehd4f83cf/79510603078.pdf
    • http://bobhendrix-law.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/dagogepinumesuxagefojax.pdf
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161476c3dd0872---velekatebixoxi.pdf
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jdp5fa5im45kv3ms3i4m8butj3/tanuzu.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=mtga+android+download
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b194.bin
43f24800a1d57a1ddf943ece2b3a1674806fd952d52f5d9b9de4b814c1615c2b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB194 10200 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000c852.bin
6fd919135d5eecde9a138340b436565f2f5faaf125dfc0f88ef5d0843df6c721
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC852 13732 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000ea37.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA37 16792 bytes