Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2dc4387253fd0d2e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 19:01:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: d24b45ae05bb6e778c8adfa766639862 SHA-1: 88ac2453bf2612c614f15d5dc62d5defd9843827 SHA-256: 2dc4387253fd0d2eeba33922b21f91ae977e78cc0a9320890d1a806ab9882b63
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting. These links form a link farm, likely intended to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=icse+english+literature+paper+2019+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://chupanhnoithat.vn/upload/files/jobumisosezivaneta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caycanhtuyhien.com/uploads/image/files/lisapuzorosijubeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afgventuregroup.com/cfiles/file/90750464909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ea2df7a5a33fdd7e820fa4a411a2ff9/loxezanulanime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095ea5710efb---bogen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boletin.alicantehosteleria.com/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58126514901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ucity69.com/clients/861769/File/tuzusuninafisezapopabom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenderup.ro/mm/file/gisasosanofobewilefoved.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160766505e5240---98761294707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nemeckystrakac.sk/editor_uploads/files/92882470062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e10ec1008---64364876114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wflorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80bc730c78dcd752c0a2eace200dde57/tojufijireremadesufivedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.binghan.my/userfiles/file/xegomajexurisasepuduxeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denda.co.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23602134108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wxeina.com/userfiles/files/46425738718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qdter6hk4p651ks3m01maj1mjd/lonabijagoxojimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9aefcc1ce1---57084244108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zesubomodebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myhomeinparis.com/userfiles/files/89056906581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/918ocv188veupi1c4mbpa8r7i7/74369915908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://activepymes.com/pub/file/pepubuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077cf7a0efa1---marisewewipadizidisenak.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_off0000da33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA33 11292 bytes
SHA-256: cc162ab766fdf12ab1f95f5b0936ccd8fb0c92d705e889319afcb2a5651959a5
font_01_sfnt_off0000f488.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF488 19700 bytes
SHA-256: 7d6fc8cbfd804009ccb625dd208f0a084a695816dbb340ab74b7205f2e864585
font_02_sfnt_off0001284e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1284E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1