Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2f4a14c4aa0b6160…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-09-15 12:12:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 7f9e70a0afcc2f58d8065bc3ebed7321 SHA-1: bc330fffe1ad875807b80c15d66b9425a17cb945 SHA-256: 2f4a14c4aa0b6160040df746eca4b30a88ac958f6f29f3b00a9616112ac1632a
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting and the use of compromised CMS upload storage further support a phishing or redirection attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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
  • LOLBin token sequence in document text high SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND
    Extracted document text contains a Windows script/execution tool name (PowerShell, mshta, cmd, rundll32, regsvr32, …) within 220 characters of a dangerous flag, command verb, or URL. This is a visible 'run this' instruction in HTML/PDF/RTF lure bodies, or — in macro-laden Office files — the macro's own string-pool entries appearing adjacent in extracted text.
  • 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://pacie.vn/web/uploads/files/zewapaxenoniset.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://condominiovillage.com/userfiles/file/46938934992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumdrinks.eu/userfiles/zivozakusod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benardoutlite.com/admin/fckeditor/fckdata/file/gofufezijadipomiwagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e3cde4683---10027291007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bwhe.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gurunuvepegenoriji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resurrection-life.net/userfiles/files/56677025124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://concertwristband.com/resimler/files/28342399075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturenhuman.com/app/webroot/userfiles/file/zipasovowagitoviluxepugat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrtowing.ca/Lawyers/userfiles/file/zuzobuderesovejonuxuxapel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8554ce1a3ea937639a14bd4f31fcb1cf/puvaliber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teen.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21016771336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vaonhaphatphap.com/images/uploads/files/dikovisod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/morodepudaxome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhuoxinlaw.com/userfiles/file/20210903112922_1456387790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133323743442---27444284351.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/202192123084997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlato-invest.cz/upload/files/75411109964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/109b50a844e0f7d5773a3666d924a202/13645832409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rasciindia.com/firetech/ckupload/files/gafomelizopalopamexebafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pypconsultores.mx/userfiles/file/18979567159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhcongtechtra.com/upload/files/zafuzepexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uhy-th.com/image/upload/files/juwigosizagizuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shastriratanchatterjee.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82467641087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skazka76.ru/pic/userfile/juvemibubuvem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhuoxinlaw.coIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=best+game+booster+for+android+2020PDF 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_off0000eec2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEC2 11088 bytes
SHA-256: 2e36938a7638b2086acccf9fcff8f1070725a1243854d20a5e13aa3c4c8d0949
font_01_sfnt_off00010872.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10872 17060 bytes
SHA-256: 8db3e1a5de5c30518874b1d376c2560c372c95f37ba15cbc347f3a612cd309e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001346b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1346B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1