Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b2ca73659fe0dd29…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 11:16:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: dd32bdf356e0ec0b94ddda888d2b9466 SHA-1: 8c4e6bd36f3823f552ff3cd810d6233c4b292b18 SHA-256: b2ca73659fe0dd290f838d7773004d37fbca372d3ccec8567cff816d821f7ed4
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to potentially compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download and execution of a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://studiostocchi.eu/userfiles/files/55469272854.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://neonatal-surgery.ru/userfiles/files/28237270979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hargagila.com/uploads/image/files/68223566691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kampusogrenciyurdu.com/file/gejibigoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seabeachthailand.com/UserFiles/file/50359397787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sweetbasketsbyjackie.com/clients/864293/File/xuvevinuxomagekexet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4256cd888442e0ad2a964da76f7a1bfe/xujenikogunixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qkcnbhddvh61ncc857eiigobl5/38050868633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pomtco.com/technical/files/file/98449990925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b8a7706a9---sexeselowiwukoxomazor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9i1b14lwsg1seumdzsx.com/upload/fckeditor/file/70258199784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ee2aa71696---62653552268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nanyangtextile.com/userfiles/file/95418663721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://museeducuir.org/upload/files/jefawawasupeniruvijogoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.theoakshealthcare.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rateputesolopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kd-council.com/upfile/files/bujobiziteripusupasigow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kommunikator.nu/demo/userfiles/file///65698307905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bet-balance.com/userfiles/file/32208105487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b0236446d6---tifanomoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hndgyl.com/v15/Upload/file/2021829615317977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanarina-coaching.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49197739495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiospazioambiente.it/userfiles/files/gixitim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miltonhigh65.com/clients/874455/File/tibunolalemusafotinoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udelimpa.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zenikij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afgventuregroup.com/cfiles/file/malanumop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=manual+off+camera+flashPDF 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_off0000d5a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5A8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000edba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDBA 16560 bytes
SHA-256: 20ba640830cd3fc41eaf7592e9d47577e25459a04268f0d62b9a2cd554f0249b
font_02_sfnt_off0001186f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1186F 10504 bytes
SHA-256: 665588fe0a730c9d5e1ef9466925bd6a818274c504e864e6a4c790ff5d8998d2