Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d78b7aec0b9c5dc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.8 KB Created: 2021-10-01 00:24:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0457eed4333560f1f1703aba983b58ac SHA-1: 1dc9011d824bc6bf49a2d9f5f1225104811ebf32 SHA-256: 2d78b7aec0b9c5dcb67fa465d7a9767b0d310d8492f9976b13356136a9092d2d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and presents a link farm pointing to multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially malicious or phishing websites, indicated by the PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9940

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 https://karpataljaturizmus.hu/upload/fobovozipoluguvapujo.pdf
    • https://comobrew.com/newsite/images/user_uploads/file/4475016599.pdf
    • https://festivaldelmaridaje.com/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/24194121033.pdf
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139ab4c0b8b7---14373422482.pdf
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5062c525cbc3680cd228a8c23265746c/vulabenelekugutofizilida.pdf
    • https://hoakhanh.vn/uploads/image/files/78084217669.pdf
    • https://creteservices.com/FCKeditor/userimages/file/24013750315.pdf
    • http://fulns.com/uploadfile/fckedit/file/1632537319DMnT.pdf
    • https://lee-trading.tw/archive/upload/files/61595260643.pdf
    • http://ajisushionline.com/uploads/files/97762527898.pdf
    • http://mmprogetti.it/userfiles/files/35021633771.pdf
    • https://khangle.vn/uploads/images/files/93742838339.pdf
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136dabb86f87---sixaniwowabonebajet.pdf
    • https://smartstone.ca/userfiles/files/34679032449.pdf
    • https://vinacomvietnam.vn/uploads/news_file/34364419628.pdf
    • http://brlairport.com/images/file/lavusobinuzajireg.pdf
    • https://solidpractise.com/files/userfiles/file/widawexuxirumafe.pdf
    • http://st03.it/userfiles/files/60094297021.pdf
    • http://dh-cell.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95361086890.pdf
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/30198868610.pdf
    • http://eaas-journal.org/survey/userfiles/files/jiketedologixaboko.pdf
    • http://scuderia512.com/js/upload/files/94316038950.pdf
    • http://weldingplaza.com/files/file/24117174653.pdf
    • https://bankubezpieczen.pl/userfiles/file/71769156326.pdf
    • http://streathamtaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/togunatakimus.pdf
    • https://www.pelicanfinancialnetwork.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lalutazijusew.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=sermones+de+spurgeon+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_off0000b994.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB994 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d1ab.bin
7683ef0b058f0d9d2a173296f105a9a8864f73f4702df5150ba3ac165c9bd91c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1AB 10620 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000e9a6.bin
436a3454b3078159319f4f2bf75d514c4791ce928204246444f8e71339587e50
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9A6 16968 bytes