Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d8db2f765fd9957…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.2 KB Created: 2021-09-27 07:51:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 0e3043119fa4cfb9500846af901f1a39 SHA-1: 00d0a8a2c26f87993823d7921e7e02d0fc9ca093 SHA-256: 2d8db2f765fd99571c8539f82bc73d1988e068e4031e8479fc2acda4cd0f3094
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for malicious PDFs. It also contains numerous URLs that are part of a link farm, with several pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+kodi+build+for+sports PDF link annotation
    • http://i-akparat.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46903854714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metapolar.hu/tmp/musuzeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sandzthabapanel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613183717c78c---sufajajano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spbmworld.com/anaeter_capital/siteadmin/userfiles/files/81753913441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joebalogh.ro/imagini_ws/wudemome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daechienglishpark.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97439029061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://textolinguisticsolutions.com/upload/editor/file/dikufibul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namjapizza.com/app/webroot/files/41660081376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zdrowejaja.com/Upload/file/gabibaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drukarnia-warszawa.pl/pliki/file/todopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imobilestore.de/userfiles/file/fojagavonurisuzeloroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613905f71af9e---saborunewibavubitixakoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promaxsuspension.com/csmimage/file/nozefovan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1amishc2fb.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7559170876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radecznica.pl/userfiles/file/refarovedikirilegine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esejsc.com/upload/files/vagoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gocchame.vn/app/webroot/img/uploads/files/65097822759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614d76a3105bb---25006248648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energo-winstal.pl/userfiles/file/zalizuxepolawexadezire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kristiankutschera.de/userfiles/file/forur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yh-nutri.com/filespath/files/20210918234610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doctmcooper.com/userfiles/files/77195492235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yodobashi-church.com/13179131001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soloparamideco.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/mokunaxikaruraripu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chulintemple.house-well.com/CKEdit/upload/files/26393260604.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_off0000b25c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB25C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA73 10612 bytes
SHA-256: 4a12e9db6c36c43093357380e6ce42f125824e516c88e1695ad2c3feeed4ce1d
font_02_sfnt_off0000e2a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2A3 17396 bytes
SHA-256: aa90acca75b622787cc49e9ce77ffc9f0d212d58eeb1432b6f59380c9a60607c

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