Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2e8728f7a971db37…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.6 KB Created: 2021-10-08 01:05:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 52c4d0fba4065716e524f277a10c41c1 SHA-1: 5c8feda9c9423482c6e5134b974bd4fddae7fe9a SHA-256: 2e8728f7a971db37ee496475e4d757fcfaafcd79ea094108b873f895c624ff42
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The 'SE_CLICKFIX' heuristic suggests a social engineering attack designed to prompt the user to execute a command, likely to download and run a secondary payload. Embedded JavaScript streams and numerous external links, some pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, further support this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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
  • ClickFix social engineering attack high SE_CLICKFIX
    Document instructs the user to press Win+R or paste a command into a terminal — consistent with ClickFix attacks that bypass macro restrictions by tricking users into running malicious commands directly
  • 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://ivanamihic.com/files/tiwenoderikijanopexikawor.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.bbmnetlicitacoes.com.br/cms/ckfinder/upload/files/pixudezodade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16153354186473---tovejotepipiwuxamusoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinhthuanvietnam.com/upload/files/simozalujogavikogugedali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://appchecar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38037885119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bordahusfeldolgozo.hu/editor_up/ramapurixokefinetaxusagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klick-tipp.at/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/juluretu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariomariani.it/userfiles/files/milaxusitukeriku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wx-test.com/upload/ckimg/files/202110050711073274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yds-wcv.jp/free_images/files/43531223724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cplastik.net/data/cms/file/widerowarevolegami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://electronicaindex.nl/images/uploads/67339643445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christschoolblr.in/userfiles/file/82421194279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://style4.allwebeasy.com/userfiles/files/49222065595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videocycling.info/files/file/43736981659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domki-kopalino.pl/pliki/xokepupuxagidenamixef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbchina.de/upload/48152028354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16158269f2da8d---427074968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://due.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xademugisatob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5621c62c2e2fdab19e588e9152eb8f7/rezopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1phspor1vib62v94serg4cj929/gapot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leganordavigliana.it/uploads/file/81730085623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appli-veolia.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83188041107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e0a6a1c247---95875708024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+connect+pc+to+nintendo+switchPDF 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_off0000ff4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF4F 10380 bytes
SHA-256: fe46b0ffea488bfbd362a9d63b50b1b69cc3575cde61b28cf83007304c94e549
font_01_sfnt_off000116b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116B8 17408 bytes
SHA-256: 2e7a0e741bae2633e2388b9519ab41a628c171938846c0f4b34173ec69ac5bab
font_02_sfnt_off00014437.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14437 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1