Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d8a6c9c0efd8723…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.4 KB Created: 2021-09-16 09:26:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 323c4db987fd9adf41ad74a6c1c77a38 SHA-1: 08c5c6a76f1b9b8bd60d97d1077e15dd784848de SHA-256: 2d8a6c9c0efd872335ba9dd6190c39478b46d2a88e05355869090c284f16101e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, indicating an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer. It also features a link farm pointing to numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+file+viewer+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c8053adb8ad90381016b895b597f3cd/62545346912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katyababash.com/images/uploads/file/88059193207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otohondamientay.com/upload/files/biboxefegogovilufulotot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pointerboards.com/uploads/admin/files/68158138000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-marche.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ladogabederazuwawuwut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lakesnwoodskerala.com/uploads/file/54191782886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekonopuntos.com/campannas/file/wezafixuwunifibexumej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intersensor.ro/v2011/Files/fck_upload/file/11510978573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137516b8994e---kuremarojeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bogaarchitetti.it/userfiles/files/boxebiluzavuzipod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://badeluxe.com/userfiles/files/lejag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://demo.wsbe17hongkong.hk/_bin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rowewufebapidufusoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613916a04f778---jadukusuzusajeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karinameal.com/imgdish/files/14043463200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tradingphrases.com/userfiles/files/17330881564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://registracijakoncar.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56645110251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiron-ventures.com/chiron/home/img/upload/files/210902081813217111xgt55.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pyroglobal.sk/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/lipefiropelugobeduzubir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.taimaobi.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fafofufaguwuxalawesatumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c9920776251c270d099b3ea69649fc8/48400747759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://27derajat.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/18449299275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nevisnews.com/userfiles/9252339822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nilesk.com/userfiles/file/70075856501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://felixefontesadvogados.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33288346466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d07e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD07E 10248 bytes
SHA-256: d8266b644ec2c1e336e799c482b521555f24ee337a014bf1baad323ae67c9dfe
font_01_sfnt_off0000e7a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7A0 17260 bytes
SHA-256: 7e12261981121320e636f5cf72d5c08bd7d4d880c26e847f86c7bd71a6bdd459
font_02_sfnt_off0001148d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1148D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1