Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2f2491deba2f170f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.4 KB Created: 2021-09-11 13:13:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 8e2a0436acf8529769fdaa3d8f98e20c SHA-1: b2cabbbd3b60d6371e10fff8870ee124f0911121 SHA-256: 2f2491deba2f170f9d6daf9d58e2e19b165e2f2b603a4183879a4522606c7583
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF document is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other potentially untrusted domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of embedded links and the 'screenshot lure' heuristic indicate a phishing attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 67 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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.
  • AcroForm button with action trigger low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTON
    PDF contains a /Btn form field together with a SubmitForm/URI/Launch/JS trigger — this is the building block of fake 'Download' or 'Open' button overlays used in PDF phishing lures
  • 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 http://uniquecharacters.com/upload/files/28914516360.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fgl88q7r254a6j56tmpvpser7q/solupipot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132a5c8e77b5---21105988653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiunea-escape.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gojefezilazoroxemepenura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bephoangdung.vn/uploads/ckfinder/files/31394815729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billagelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/77088390884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maynenkhipuma.vn/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/sekunikopilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pcparts.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35752426938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksiclub.org/projects/achievemore/admin/upload/fckImages/file/lufujejuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alt-1c.ru/userfiles/file/49850646025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rdmsrl.it/userfiles/files/wefemoregi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dolnoslaskialarmsmogowy.pl/imgturysta/files/nibefizitimufirinujumezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessplan-capalpha.fr/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/38445867110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assushop.com/userfiles/assushop.com/file/fomorided.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k3projekt.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/rajezigivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161303d6450749---71702504320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adveotec.com/img/file/44069014796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettipassarinmarzotto.com/userfiles/files/mipobularidutafod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alohasafaris.com/files/17633760425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/63298790895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmawell.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wifima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursac.net/userfiles/file/51720821229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+cast+mobile+screen+on+desktopPDF 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_off0000adf7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xADF7 10984 bytes
SHA-256: 9e08d4a6cf30626fcc797fac9efc551e42629a230c3560cdc87ac3b584e8e40a
font_01_sfnt_off0000c73b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC73B 13564 bytes
SHA-256: 8b7dc1a93469f84ab84a6cfe51a2fb1ecd4045e26fed9b8499350db04b646cfa
font_02_sfnt_off0000e85b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE85B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1