Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2cd6d066685933d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-07-30 18:37:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a5263e2a81bc6ec7ec5b62fbdc3c47f9 SHA-1: 58abd80dd2d6a6e18f9925d7135b03a46de09028 SHA-256: 2cd6d066685933d4641f4092be0c2e8e83a7e86e39426dd91b9121ffc2368062
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The heuristic firings indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains. This suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 https://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hannah+montana+the+movie+songs+butterfly+fly+away
    • https://corghialberti.it/file/94262649955.pdf
    • http://backkwang.com/userData/board/file/61225157801.pdf
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb7cba949e---32668350285.pdf
    • http://xn--rssx31a7tec6p.com/upload/userfiles/files/20210624172805.pdf
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac80c5333c0---51094196108.pdf
    • http://gildiamasterov.ru/userfiles/file/bumapobija.pdf
    • http://lycee-elm.org/userfiles/file/12821324009.pdf
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a10b4405e4b---nasekikav.pdf
    • http://kingsauto-bar.com/js/upload/files/79817424769.pdf
    • http://aiken7050.com/clients/5/51/510ae66c864a6d23552e02d1b5190e2c/File/15968214516.pdf
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608afae77debd---lotalipurizaxowavafomo.pdf
    • http://haozuowenwang.com/imagefiles/file/vexabuduborewunudojax.pdf
    • https://wccia-vastu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/400edebf042ba1049ea4140d60799d80/49518879897.pdf
    • http://xn----8sbosgn1al9i.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/filonixanebenowiwozuzu.pdf
    • http://kimhoatra.vn/upload/fckimagesfile/57583148947.pdf
    • http://phunggia.biz/userfiles/file/jejawezuzifego.pdf
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c70a3146129---wanutarowiwimebajik.pdf
    • https://trellisdundee.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bed6b63c5e8433a924e0490361305d99/xiwojiwogitezife.pdf
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160859d6da29f4---8944876303.pdf
    • http://dailitara.lt/bites/uploads/file/towigimipasedetatogik.pdf
    • http://studio-castiglioni.com/userfiles/files/vesesijabofuvudavigebob.pdf
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/616h1b23km0kulhkdhctcda1pu/mowepa.pdf
    • http://yejida.com/userfiles/file/zumibez.pdf
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d033718ebb0---dowelokuvesiro.pdf
    • 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_off0000f707.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF707 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010f1e.bin
50ac2bd7fd47051c85bd530d402c9e55da85b9b8d3fe1e7771f2d1a8e239bb13
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F1E 11156 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012903.bin
b6a16064a41d9286da1ad6c3a2123c152e1ea04aa3dcbdcf03622def7449c5ea
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12903 16944 bytes