Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2db30785475a96a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 20:48:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 90784194a257aa708e31af2428f0ca6d SHA-1: cb358143357cb25c2bcae394967d69aa88027247 SHA-256: 2db30785475a96a4e9f0221551dac4abd7742c64f7538ac38cf95a7a467e0b8d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript and numerous external links. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript and link farm structure suggest an attempt to redirect users to compromised websites or download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=familia+cyatheaceae+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.djluk.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u0e2ou0n3satlq4965idoouuai/18887182041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5a4b604624---gikevudenasujevawimexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://at1-turbo-j3t.com/contents//files/gebovejivisusozor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szalkasszorutacskok.hu/app/webroot/files/content/files/bilevex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r5oci7ulhoaenjveegrgu32qmc/depimerebatujojavegeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/309168a27b3f68f945bee33916e681b6/96509080153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4483c00ea2---xivifuredefipegefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07a47edaa99b51cfa88a3b508709d338/59754334196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boeschfamilytravels.com/clients/43210/File/kubolowugavufuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop-ecobati.com/medias/upload/files/34230971550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abd60838ef4daf710d7079639275a24d/13132074704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transpack-krumbach.de/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/pomubog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volareinmongolfiera.it/userfiles/files/71562988050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://techson-cctv.com/upload/file/remifojowekizupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humble-brag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aaqjks2hue4gjrdtpjct2qpqoc/pizuzimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afslab.asia/upload/files/66082182304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adasms.fr/userfiles/file/juxulerarifotisawedog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tinhdaurosa.com/Images_upload/files/vajaxetuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611912e92ec25---fugotexexuzom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaizousha.com/js/upload/files/jireguxugesebumamitami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--12cfu9bc1efac9a9azfdsb7b9d1f0j.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jenigorugiwomanaberum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capitolmetrophysicaltherapy.com/userfiles/file/702525329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfecturology.cafe24.com/upload/editor/imagefile/jopuzewujitabuba.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_off0000d226.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD226 19688 bytes
SHA-256: 9f049f986620ca65421efcafe1ad73ea823d1cf9a5a6e5f8872aa8634dd811c7
font_01_sfnt_off00010596.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10596 10484 bytes
SHA-256: 249d6c09a2589c5a425f313fecfff332606b5520076843a09987379a098b72f8
font_02_sfnt_off00011d67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D67 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1