Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2069a073867e2af…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.2 KB Created: 2021-09-17 01:11:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 5f3a80067cac43c57b99e7ee3ec95ae1 SHA-1: a6cd43d91f1d97e11cc189184549606bce493da1 SHA-256: d2069a073867e2afac17a7d67d2ce219ca566eca19b4c395195bb04a69bd1a23
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a link farm on disposable hosting suggests an attempt to trick the user into downloading a secondary payload. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download process, while the link farm provides multiple avenues for the user to be led to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 9

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://artistprasanna.com/userfiles/file/judofeveg.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hfbee.tw/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210916094933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barrier.exma.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89414049096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-marche.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/togejirolibuwadaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613320aee15f4---11075618388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vrieshorst.nl/images/uploads/file/56706975835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sname.org.tw/sname/ckfinder/userfiles/files/firafuwur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keyseries.us/userfiles/file/75640462955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135117886e90---newudetizavanixizuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luisacortesearchitetto.it/userfiles/files/rorizuzusimotowokomamozed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipiland.net/upload/file/wozugululorirowixiposuvon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espacioschillout.es/images/admin/file/85414323771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omegapizza.net/uploads/files/zijowalizizititesumofade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/24513944104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szsahsh.com/uploads/files/ruped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twfbs.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65491923818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orgue-chantepie.info/FCKeditor/upload/file/89054430916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eh20frnuodrpqb14bfvk1snbc0/jisafif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cd26fa9aae---12507632905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/zolotinigelivatirazepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dwallacelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/letapasugol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613097442fd72---zagitagopafufumowije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceramvetro.net/userfiles/file/miwezasulavirifilujoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citescolairedeledit.com/include/file/98572338934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelangela.hu/userfiles/file/tonufexeluxepagel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=golmaal+fun+unlimited+full+movie+downloadPDF 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_off0000cd01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD01 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e513.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE513 17680 bytes
SHA-256: a0c2fede021cbdb1b990cc43c2424f0754d4817af8b0adb6ea0a7c2332c45cf6
font_02_sfnt_off000112e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112E4 10540 bytes
SHA-256: cc26dfc44f049c51d16a2d88902c2d537dd682b952285ab29bd76d6491de6ec8