Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2dabe3ba52cf8a5b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-09-16 07:24:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: caff2712563cdd879bbf9825e82b20ad SHA-1: 164b9963e7064e6b2da4d9183c10ac73740f0c26 SHA-256: 2dabe3ba52cf8a5bd5f00ce9db15f008f9d501eb0a499a7b87809e42a32abcdf
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs the user to open a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway scanning. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to deliver a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://findmecakes.com/userfiles/files/tusodijebasaboka.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://parentini.it/userfiles/files/xewuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hbisan.com/userfiles/file/suxijomalizomuketos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingkangchem.com/upload/files/65957453882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m8a1m1n0pilvo4p3f8gtl1t1pb/koduwilomomulom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhunikjewellers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81726980790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zhbiotech.com/CKEdit/upload/files/sixipamarupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jpind.pl/userfiles/file/16359492570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamlineparkplaza.com/assets/amund/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wivenajakex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161421e3bc1c67---kepowegivimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaukiaplinka.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33570339254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5e742469c14cb3addc0926d4b102442/39378542746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shlawllc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/komeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongtienlamnghiep.com/upload/file/21270135237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportingfoundation.com/uploads/file/90728027152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://op-gold.com/ck_image/files/bekekuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://satnamunicipalcorporation.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sifaxuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://algarestofos.pnh.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36069543290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141aac27ca7c---mabimunen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://albizy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/penapibititujizuten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happyfun.tw/uploads/files/202109150954439443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opuspointpartner.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65666307388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-2/20210902065059545941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161408be8d03fd---lodal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iglozawiercie.pl/zdjecia/file/33625283509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szzxwx.com/Upload/Upload/file/202195101436147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=my+phone+internal+storagePDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000f428.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF428 17780 bytes
SHA-256: 1ad679f12715f76a7f9c83f04f98cc070d401296272cbb23d5eeabb71d476c85
font_01_sfnt_off000122ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122BA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013ad1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AD1 10640 bytes
SHA-256: b9feb02a73b15efe34938949612bc339a2dcc2974343bdf87355270a60804de7