Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2dfaa0ec05b8dded…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-16 07:57:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 93e5f0c6ddd191ea89961e4fda41503e SHA-1: 7c2bac6a8d4f9bf1eae175117526a2833c39eebb SHA-256: 2dfaa0ec05b8dded155b22f891a6f892403ddf922ae816d0723adcffcecc1f69
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating it's a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a link farm. The embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting suggest an attempt to redirect the user to malicious sites. The primary goal appears to be directing users to these external links, which are likely used for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6206fe540c57d6d30cbb300cbf559380/42523507664.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161408e0a84a1f---kibokazolukito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unternehmensberatung-hegenbarth.com/userfiles/file/81478521658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/56657297896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malir-naterac.info/UserFiles/File/42622584766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fioredda.com/userfiles/files/75734654078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dribblebar.pl/userfiles/file/16876447473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanlacsclub.com/ckupload/files/rurugalepodemob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietkewebbacninh.com/webroot/img/files/zaguwalekara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikitellirezistans.com/upload/files/97762774004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2670c92aa91195890563fd2202c0ab0d/mejezejisimaresovemariv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nassagroup.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dutosabojobasibajakof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anabakorea.jp/userfiles/file/33583756000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slkuang.com/v15/Upload/file/202193123056048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://km2804.com/ckupload/files/sisuxanedikaxikutofozej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mabifitness.it/userfiles/files/javivujekimamolununif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sherwoodonionfestival.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/witugeladedarofesuxeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linhkienhunganh.vn/luutru/files/20155800260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keralastatetailorsassociation.com/userfiles/file/gobiranotinebolim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sangjeom.com/userfiles/file///33973442388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+a+split+screen+on+androidPDF 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_off0000d24b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD24B 18176 bytes
SHA-256: 4c357a79ebc8cc41fc3ff2ea26f1f8617d4f72289f8cb45f43ed5c342fc159d3
font_01_sfnt_off0001013d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1013D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011954.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11954 10844 bytes
SHA-256: 48f14fdd862a27ab53f2e79d801404e0f896b064a8ff238a428ba5634a0212ec