Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2410ce733e825ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 22:44:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e80d69bcb2c4c2fd0fedab2dda27e71a SHA-1: 6220b4ef9c6c7d1142c1069b0dc69f0673876c85 SHA-256: d2410ce733e825adf0195fec0681688f50ff06550eb7e86ec3a41812a5074790
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links to external URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to download and execute a second-stage payload or facilitate phishing. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) suggests an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities or perform actions directly within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://jamessham.com/admin/usercontent/file/37953870250.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/514b0825938fd0e2a564bc2743b641ff/31205051999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vapka1r75eqitecd50svikcinj/30273210820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daotaolaixesontay.com/uploads/file/79891108088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mmn1dsh1p7glttrs4ptr68lcn2/77775241421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb8d5d4c4b0b75298fe71dc76d3e3740/15053729545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-9/20210609120122691153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gunjanjain.com/app/webroot/js/uploads/files/8849612211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gitishahjahanpur.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zawedinudajisos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shethof.ch/cgi-bin/dynamisch/file/77287710919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b01f2511103fe421662159e84b7b495/dotex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intergeored.com/upload/File/57786163290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentherapia.hu/files/file/vojodizeliwiwijuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coevent.ru/upload/files/32205747206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immo-cjeanpaul.lu/userfiles/files/56279126828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cantellodetersiviprofessionali.it/uploads/file/12758802124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yaslibakicisi.net/userfiles/file/61499249564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://say-international.eu/userfiles/file/65055709049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0d3474392ee78d75ff31a793d414a44/27572446006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cjsc.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jusobapotuwiviwokused.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peggylittlelawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/jadokevufunajagarekevopun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097b1729640e---89668366848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a6a8f5fa22---nizufatagididipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stallion-international.com/userfiles/file/vovob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=civic+education+pdfPDF 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_off0000b1e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1E4 14856 bytes
SHA-256: eadeef19e29945c14d6da1cf28587a0e4eab871a4f728d5978d722f6619b2dda
font_01_sfnt_off0000d705.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD705 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF1C 10496 bytes
SHA-256: 09fb5896e89bc8f26fdb5f4713ccfa7ed11832da7f79d81f78278fafbaf5ebcd