Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b2c529b649ecf45d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 04:17:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: f6c6c7c0b099c3b8b3a01e1e35cc8d80 SHA-1: 42e28bc6dae43d79172be81b0ea8b9c1ee8df2a6 SHA-256: b2c529b649ecf45d6dd07813ae9bad812df85d4792628857182add34042eda15
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities and redirecting users to malicious sites. The heuristic 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicate that the document links to compromised hosting and disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://at1-turbo-j3t.com/contents/files/93595605852.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mariekevanvlierden.nl/survey/userfiles/files/58418184452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c82b2ac9960687be0fac85b4bf587277/xuwivotani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiorestagno.eu/userfiles/files/85536100337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160841736f23ef---6805791616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rais.bg/uploads/file/98143649073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lerucherdesanges.fr/userfiles/file/50368741011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bednidhitraders.com/userfiles/file/16261390714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a733dfc979e---lojuvixuzemafojegugit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--szabowski-tub.pl/userfiles/file/18673191233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shayangroup.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/221b347668ec2b2ad848112ce4a94b8c/wepogevedut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ticaproduce.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nusivawomizudizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfe.hk/userfiles/nefakobijakilafolozenufem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geoodwierty.pl/files/file/27382552671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nicenpos.com/userData/board/file/wupetorok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/lopaxagorezugodarakomorus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f0c3270ad3---68752610513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vicotelecom.vn/static/source/images/file/lotamolalumamerufofegopol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8791f63309461b99199de91a6d5b857/bemewunisuzapokorolido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wernitznigg.at/files/69380731678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077f03299dc7---11333189027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beta-rc.com/upload/files/433809842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artasedanasingaraja.com/uploadfck/file/74676870206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fdcad9eec2---zuwesufobezaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=drunken+sailor+chords+pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://grupo.iberia.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52383156880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000bd15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBD15 17296 bytes
SHA-256: 09ec7ae303aa02f5a1464c4d0e7653581653e320e01597286ed909a68b93d48b
font_01_sfnt_off0000e989.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE989 10812 bytes
SHA-256: c2e7b49c0ff8a0e57f1ee1b3af6c2451d7d8512185aec13a5af3e292f9104afe
font_02_sfnt_off00010260.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10260 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1