Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6296a2e2ecb2695c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.5 KB Created: 2021-08-14 13:27:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 6c30911aef7069e435c6d32a487928c6 SHA-1: 7eec241b03bd644dff1e4a3645dc91c57070d88f SHA-256: 6296a2e2ecb2695cc8489f4cfcc9ff01d5527d17b5512008d2c2639cb6252dce
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The presence of a download button lure further supports a phishing or scam-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://hccc252.ca/clients/e/e4/e484b38507f190a955b66748903449e1/File/58312905549.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.santaterezinha.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31106558439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://99hospitalitygroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suxasifadag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ae65200db0---88583271199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fosterfreezesantarosa.com/uploads/files/safepope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suncreekpuppies.com/clients/8/88/88daaab1104cc9784d9cd8b59d189b35/File/pupiforiboruzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trunghungplastic.com/luutru/files/126813381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5aa343f2b684522680346f4436175afb/nanor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aedwea.com/upload/foto/rebebefumetezil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160839d5a0d98f---metuwukogomoduvusukudiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanajpdua.com/contents//files/84601171094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ffbb11a4a7e0ee212b6cb4538ba6e27/52915977657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/vuwijomomidufinerifula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szakkepzosiklos.hu/upload/file/24515771087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majubesar.info/contents//files/parubosipefomilotemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.syah.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3093813fc8fe84a94c83ae67996365b/69105944525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideviceplus.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/32096846241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/tewevinofimidaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608046e4e4c43---40704295784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benevolo.it/userfiles/files/82467384357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoandtruckrepair.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/12445136732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ojn4ll46kjedef8n38v4k81str/nudogesoleve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://defi128.com/userfiles/files/51985141082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16109d551514b0---13862528897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078b983710ed---97241012061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=focus+t25+free+download+zipPDF 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_off00010aea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AEA 11088 bytes
SHA-256: 7673b7c07d0c9657963ad19b4815e73e280e1cfb896c577dc9ba6425952e5fcd
font_01_sfnt_off00012512.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12512 25264 bytes
SHA-256: fc71852cb68e1283f149e0c555a3c5daba731b2f38d305bcf1d850c8a78c183d
font_02_sfnt_off000163db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x163DB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1