Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2860af36a958361…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-21 13:08:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b8edd9ccff92f19d0c8259f06db476c0 SHA-1: 14d767e3deaa832352cc5e4986ae6f2a983b22b7 SHA-256: d2860af36a958361420db786af6757030937070391891a7db8517ac48a4dc9b9
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and multiple external URIs, including links to compromised CMS upload storage and a link farm on disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a phishing payload or further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for initiating the malicious activity, such as downloading a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9783

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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://ka-base.no/images_content/file/78017781206.pdf
    • https://webkapper.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57172421192.pdf
    • http://tikatalog.sk/_files/file/jigikizizofipux.pdf
    • http://e-district.org/userfiles/file/2138649175.pdf
    • https://gtijsr.com/userfiles/file/fazupunat.pdf
    • https://newtech-utm.pl/userfiles/file/44644298366.pdf
    • http://hagelkonzept.de/userfiles/file/93212640730.pdf
    • https://peoplehelppeople.net/uploads/File/83440378972.pdf
    • http://xedaphcm.com/luutru/files/xixasumegisizodiso.pdf
    • https://macintosh-szerviz-javitas.nuttydog.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jofumakisiwafejikaje.pdf
    • https://commonlawhouse.in/userfiles/file/29216377733.pdf
    • https://hometutorsdelhi.com/userfiles/files/zebimowopubedidunipele.pdf
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613156322bf9e---towirinalogeruseza.pdf
    • http://ekotop.eu/userfiles/file/levupuwapetuj.pdf
    • https://dcmheavyequipment.com/admin/images/file/63390693183.pdf
    • http://friulanapanini.com/images/file/64993741049.pdf
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bb25713dcf---mofusad.pdf
    • http://vesimport.ru/userfiles/file/bejomufudififenig.pdf
    • https://grandegroup.net/files/gawodogezebijexixesex.pdf
    • http://grandviewcommunity.com/userimages/1575153314.pdf
    • http://ikuma-car.com/js/upload/files/78803684246.pdf
    • http://queensparkview.com/image/upload/File/wukupetadaki.pdf
    • http://duda-tech.pl/dudatech/upload/file/namolorabewazusune.pdf
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161492e1c72818---55334305680.pdf
    • https://spbmworld.com/anaeter_capital/siteadmin/userfiles/files/domenegalurovefareseru.pdf
    • http://bftt.marketsearching.com/upload/files/surave.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=tvweb+browser+for+tv
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d75f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD75F 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef6c.bin
e41611308bb2c05ff045a80cc05686df88529097cd6f2daf49a2d41b756b33d2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF6C 2448 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000fa08.bin
4fb2b84e65b739703574751d77f6b14a499e78ff201f37d0c1f4bc8cf388d229
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA08 17560 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off0001279f.bin
b84ec1bb481bd22002242e5175f1393989a42c64c069dc992201f3932ecea33d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1279F 10060 bytes