Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2b722cd4e82361e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-12 18:20:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 3fd3236f7c4f7809947ce80ca73fc711 SHA-1: a2bde2bd6d99696fffb1cf72a09bdc6ac1ba652a SHA-256: a2b722cd4e82361e3ffc1ff0c93ca84b8ad144542a623c031ba1dd27a3017240
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, with several heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm pointing to compromised upload storage and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://opsir.eu/files/file/givukewegagelowesumesowoz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ncdesign.it/userfiles/files/74315726716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shangyi-pump.com/uploads/file/022203325098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-daa-wl.de/userfiles/45130354161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ibextrail.com/editor-images/53342343006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konteshamamotu.com/userfiles/file/daditurorotumekupegomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banglatalkies.com/dynamic-images/cms/file/16550877627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5el2k56cn354chbubmgerkkg4m/nujorutugenazadibufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawyermo.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/83602579592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c4185204c4052ccbe2491dea0861c06/dafadoruxuzez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netwindowvn.com/uploads/userfiles/file/14234384040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quangphong.vn/uploads/image/files/17096116997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://world-housing.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lowuwagixiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pttaccounting.com/userfiles/files/jutuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanharteyoga.nl/uploads/files/97207676263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saluteebenesseresas.it/userfiles/files/jurabodamedekogawejojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tractortools.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/getof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aluminial.pnh.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82239028130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134dc113d29c---tiwuravidepimigipomokono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138c5b678ea3---81692544987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://episcopiaoradiei.ro/files/risagigezoroposomefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artenika.pl/fck/file/modesur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsap.com/file_media/file_image/file/bebimuresoxeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a99ecf2582---41675021443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nirkongrp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32753833790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=barbie+life+in+the+dreamhouse+watch+onlinePDF 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_off0000dc3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC3F 11120 bytes
SHA-256: 5a3d0e64ef42ab520401604718544a1d69fdeacc1d4ed8945820b804d56ef634
font_01_sfnt_off0000f619.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF619 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010e2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E2B 18764 bytes
SHA-256: 325948d62765c01d1b4884665c876848630f08410028c9a19ee87c21ef3c7722