Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d4bdc3c1f217131…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-09-19 11:19:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 892053ff62c8b7f305edff9272807592 SHA-1: 2070789cd4c8298c47cf220f1146ffd04cb7e6e2 SHA-256: 2d4bdc3c1f217131c2a211fd57b968e15ee31402e1c11ae2097425b34b09d407
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and ML classifiers indicated a high probability of maliciousness. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users to phishing pages. Embedded JavaScript was also detected, which could be used to further exploit the user or download additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://recrute.fr/files/files/52043465461.pdf
    • http://velisend.ru/photos/file/tonuwanunifireka.pdf
    • http://montpellier-businessplan.com/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/sizefowutogove.pdf
    • http://jmlukanich.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/rubiwulawufukiven.pdf
    • http://czminghe.com/upload/files/fimerupapiwaji.pdf
    • http://whatdwellswithin.com/file/68308148167.pdf
    • https://luxesystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wutabim.pdf
    • http://mertcelikkapi.com/userfiles/file/pejodikegisaw.pdf
    • http://uitvaartverzorgingsindex.nl/images/uploads/zusikezomeduwonimuxul.pdf
    • http://www.luna1956.com/images/library/File/tudalof.pdf
    • http://verzorgingsindex.nl/images/uploads/19040718142.pdf
    • https://mhreng.com/userfiles/file/95266731127.pdf
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/138420e95a398b3dd722d752cd8fbd10/wirodamukulonuzoseneraga.pdf
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcf52998e937a135578624da8dc69638/lokozoloxanapubakesi.pdf
    • http://www.syrahresources.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fafulopufomunawaw.pdf
    • https://n-v-v.dk/userfiles/file/jebedatupumetujole.pdf
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161366707cc036---linutu.pdf
    • http://dfanchem.com/upload/files/80494091582.pdf
    • http://imcborivali.org/userfiles/file/18418056439.pdf
    • http://polishingmarblefloor.it/userfiles/files/833537672.pdf
    • https://chv.vn/userfiles/file/dilulidanejemifozive.pdf
    • http://gmei.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89090189356.pdf
    • https://nikoljski.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16387337065.pdf
    • https://vidaleve.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16041618783.pdf
    • http://digitalpolicycouncil.com/imagenes/file/jezax.pdf
    • http://mediaworld.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wadoxugemevinivo.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=tkt+yl+coursebook+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_off0000e5c7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5C7 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdde.bin
6c0bc4ab223e3c4bae7476b325bc216626bc6f79cce22e802330e86aafb715ad
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDDE 10664 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011648.bin
04e2eae2027c8cf70f391c7bddc2c794ffccfeae475805b9dd8fe2d4be275377
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11648 18816 bytes