Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2e8b9b6212184e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.2 KB Created: 2021-07-23 18:29:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: d9e46589011c493406aa823e3ba5d0cd SHA-1: bea2d69c896437f625f8202b7dd082f00c2ec994 SHA-256: a2e8b9b6212184e733f6f0bcfb589add78c884b122876a2a35dc5d21705f5ba0
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple domains, some of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download of a secondary payload, as indicated by the ML classifier and ClamAV detection. The presence of multiple links on potentially untrusted domains suggests an attempt to distribute malicious files.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 https://bitree.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26076874451.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4c0416e0fc---76854481372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indel.sk/userfiles/file/natitibidemuvigom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cb4cc58ec166de323ddbd2458eece1c/99702206075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160943becde3f2---vonedawogojikawunulegosus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96b379ffabc63b9fe67c10784d3ab09c/daranedozuzula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9juf3d4joe85etsmhd2lmflptr/livovelesigex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af996043c88---89650224878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cb22tebo8pd5t53l8h5t40mic/81588708893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f8b489bd8b---kamajosagiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a770f1b049b---sexokinaxijagunakelogudiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amon-syotengai.com/userfiles/file/61254579688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niestachow.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/semotugasubaratuwemadodes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a9590eb030---63492434027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaeiengkwpz6p.xn--p1ai/pub/file/zemuvifabewatupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupahatak.pl/admin/_fck_files/file/pamego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc9805ee57e526fb640b523295277c22/12944496044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070f15d24241---26304324789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a4967acd910e5b04320dd9a4bbf952a/jazixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/bapazamelas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://takemehometomatoes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66740148875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biomedchita.ru/imeg_master/file/texogixiziguzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e685d1b23c0---fumajunoralu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=corel+draw+x8+license+keyPDF 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_off00011113.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11113 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001292a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1292A 10900 bytes
SHA-256: b28df805eaa4658b577878a97b9205e5cbeb27750141eb0acde03c931c012f69
font_02_sfnt_off00014293.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14293 17700 bytes
SHA-256: 7e497c6bb35a012f4bf71498a8aafd956405286b0e7e26bb02f9a2f18c83c37b