Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ffcfd4be283b91f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.6 KB Created: 2021-09-14 02:48:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 4bcfde303f5eccb314186a00774c0133 SHA-1: 22762368f76f944ba60c5f1ab64060ca95d7e161 SHA-256: 2ffcfd4be283b91f988c4d5e3fb26e36fa2e420d8c1070c77b704d6028608431
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a malicious intent to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this is a phishing or malicious content delivery mechanism. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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 http://toanthinh.vn/webroot/img/files/xurufojavodinaxalisisep.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dampinggame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/38351981632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kme.pl/global/app/webroot/uploads/file/16306312535757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vatlieutaphu.com/upload/files/puwinib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esistore.be/userfiles/file/didagedopedopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topupdana.com/contents/files/tebenubuxovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://5mal4.de/moneyvidya/web/images/userfiles/file/fineporegedevisasujexewoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://movesearchesuk.com/userfiles/file/86794725592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jeevandeepspecialcare.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32617022565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://placc.info/up_image/jifupugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://needletherapy.eu/upload/file/suwagaxer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e13513cbd2---vekejojawunozibideru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cs168.tw/upfiles/editor/files/59684449362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karlschool.org/uploads/files/202109080009121833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matras-matrasych96.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gukavaviwimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labmansour.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sewavelotif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eminencesolutions.in/resources/userfiles/file/vitesexaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://areawifi.com/DESARROLLO/userfiles/files/kusogudilipidoginetajuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bvphcn.bdata.vn/upload/files/63548850961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smirna.pl/files/file/10907312750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bischofs-scheune.de/userfiles/file/82075828263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akicgiyim.com/userfiles/file/jevugabujobakoxuripenasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0e3daa4ad2778b0cc059d454e73ab61/genuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shipgo17.com/plugin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45162352333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/957e40c9bdafafa37de99549a5998da5/16479005269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brune-schmuckwerk.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mewesojitalawumetuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+tell+iphone+is+hackedPDF 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_off0000b96f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB96F 15356 bytes
SHA-256: 197ee681abf92176a1d31694b6bb33122c1ee70f76f63e74f89e8426af5263bc
font_01_sfnt_off0000e05f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE05F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f876.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF876 10680 bytes
SHA-256: d89e0a2baab275299fbf4834506da8dd97bda83492d5f0fc832b5e47c897a5fc