Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d3f0b2d826db319…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 03:25:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2e9f40f72fa51cabbff980134b81fe67 SHA-1: ed272d5be430664464cbe8fbe82d08ea9d18bfc4 SHA-256: 2d3f0b2d826db319f92c33cecc838fa0ea17101372c0dfc710207642858c0c2e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or link farms. These links are likely used to distribute phishing content or download further malicious payloads, aligning with a spearphishing attachment attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://yogathoitrang.com/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/68860450949.pdf
    • http://volvo-cars.jp/js/upload/files/93184769868.pdf
    • http://yaqeen-eg.com/userfiles/file/9557351586.pdf
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2928f85cfbc5920be4cf7f12e78f4a46/gigimezuminitufawilapo.pdf
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612945279937e---75129599594.pdf
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7nrp5kmsvn7e3pgdug4c24gbe7/20245160682.pdf
    • https://rafautama.com/uploads/file/2663879388.pdf
    • http://appartenvue.net/appart/upload/images/naxifagejumo.pdf
    • https://aluminiosarla.com/userfiles_arla/files/63826600360.pdf
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b05f72d48---subanupasolexof.pdf
    • https://signika.pl/Upload/file/gupovoxib.pdf
    • http://dgjinhak.kr/DATA/upload/files/202106191203317380.pdf
    • http://tamker.hu/userfiles/file/85444983099.pdf
    • http://qtjdb.com/UploadFile/2021/05/13/file/20210513_142117_166.pdf
    • https://office-agglo-larochelle.fr/userfiles/file/8183374545.pdf
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdbd4578726---90012721271.pdf
    • https://posaonakosovu.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73897892250.pdf
    • http://masan315.net/board/imagefile/file/7983227795.pdf
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160856942b54e2---javakofoju.pdf
    • http://nktrading.qa/file/files/7674208388.pdf
    • https://themis-lex.com/userfiles/files/40080176686.pdf
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ebfd20c2d78d054f6de1f57da706876/nodanosak.pdf
    • http://denis-lefebvre-services.com/fichiers/file/simivoruriwutodok.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=computer+operating+system+pdf+notes
    • 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_off0000c7b8.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7B8 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000dfca.bin
078b210c27cae3ccd5300bb2d1208a85589817ed647073d43a4f5b33791ee874
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFCA 16700 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010b02.bin
8be0a1554e29656d1d73c6cb960e50b123943e7914f368ba00f26311cbc14c3f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B02 11040 bytes