Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2fa84c6cc87c4c9e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.0 KB Created: 2021-09-09 15:30:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 5e44879f547bd13c41d9d8408b0d79b5 SHA-1: 04894c25763414cb3ca2297e30475469ba40737d SHA-256: 2fa84c6cc87c4c9e8dcbbb41d9686085ec88f017b722942ff8d8b9a980879bac
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The presence of multiple links pointing to disposable hosting and compromised CMS uploads, along with a high ML classifier score and ClamAV detection, strongly indicates malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download of further malicious content, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://phunhai.net/upload/files/98474801129.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hb1004.com/userData/board/file/75448772200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-dzerzhinskij.ru/upload_picture/file/sujugifevovaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hvezda-pardubice.cz/files/file/22457753555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zohopin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/59836697192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26289754847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://janaturismointegrato.com/uploads/file/zamidiloxitipanilepaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lazeo.nl/userfiles/file/18708413593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spbmedax.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/razosufoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://horgaszvelem.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nogorarexis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161306e3575e52---lemogeperulin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arredamenticucinesiciliane.it/userfiles/files/74101688027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wenxuezj.com/images/File/tupupibuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133d66ff3e5a---xosexininowukalekilawis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taxfirma.com/userfiles/file/fivaverasarug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://refah4ter.info/basefile/hotelrefah4terir/files/xuzepujukerev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onyx-innovations.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72652246017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6s2bkrlr1qvgmb6a26412rtlrr/petuzozivelugok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kanizsakran.hu/userfiles/file/84040787790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sua.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/bimumaromibutexif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://losmarinoslanzarote.com/marinarubicon/admin/file/44876520965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eownauto.com/uploadpic/files/65472859780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liveisagenix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17785248854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcyy88.com/userfiles/file/2021090905154473499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubenferro.com/userfiles/file/33107160825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=d%26d+character+sheet+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000b3a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3A1 9076 bytes
SHA-256: f695977626623e59fedb2fbedebd468d0acf89ff6f6ceafeb3cee4351ddee6c8
font_01_sfnt_off0000c642.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC642 14584 bytes
SHA-256: 9c008af27d0c7689afd3d312cb81247764ba889f2f6f0a27165504bfd222d396
font_02_sfnt_off0000ea8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA8F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1