Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2e3466d63704a071…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-08-17 21:03:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: e74f2a96b5ec16bf515072aaeeb429bd SHA-1: e29e1017f2b96a998aaa65bdc1bdef996bcfe2a8 SHA-256: 2e3466d63704a071a4fcd89e1e9b4460f2c656230e7bc601f9a8bd69fdacfdf1
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. The 'SE_PAYMENT_REDIRECT_LURE' heuristic indicates it's designed to mimic financial transaction instructions, a common tactic in Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks. The embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external links, some pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites for credential harvesting or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Payment redirection / bank-detail change lure high SE_PAYMENT_REDIRECT_LURE
    Document describes new or changed bank, wire, ACH, IBAN, SWIFT, or routing instructions — a high-value business-email-compromise pattern
  • 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://talleresimad.com/images/subidas/files/jidobukunanikavazow.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30086c41191695a1af8802ad7180671a/20922875394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exoticland.bg/upload/files/files/juzafowukagufewex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yssnewlessons.org/UserFilesTwo/file/xinoneju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser-arena.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081e63465a8d---karuguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dudikom.pl/userfiles/file/25585830179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://priscar.com/documents/files/81147484064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daiichigroup.net/uploads/news_file/vivaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nestaerospace.com/uploads/file/73067238835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbfe265ac38---vidowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hiperaktivite.info/userfiles/files/46555508398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://careersourcechipola.com/files/public/semuwojuxamuxegufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phs1961.com/clients/2/29/29da8dc1278d8f1c58a3d16208bcb4e7/File/tibimuziligupezazuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medica-eg.com/userfiles/file/42444878216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acccf144752---90066380496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atallmed.com/userfiles/files/29557384175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0dbbf6ed97fb201955a53bd3387df6e3/gofakezitakabafefofijiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160947d2239929---ximoragawinozuzepiduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelshops.pl/userfiles/file/99851962542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kv5cdj42v4bmp9jachvcf5n5or/38953181291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f41666ab1d---27678273386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://earthtalismanjewelry.com/clients/b/b2/b27d4d76c51cd35ccef873a204118430/File/sobobafepej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuderia512.com/js/upload/files/wutetakawawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intertexmedical.com/userfiles/files/64054028063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e79eebec34---69195222387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+girl+2x2+rubik%27s+cubePDF 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_off0000e1be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1BE 17080 bytes
SHA-256: fd0db6b3737ff3f39f69d65d848a9a4f5da65461c51b99ccf0f590043f867d99
font_01_sfnt_off00010e12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E12 10804 bytes
SHA-256: 008abb0067f1d528b78924d2afab9161abac3bcd9ca19a58ac0075a26c859ecb
font_02_sfnt_off00012749.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12749 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1