Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2d4014fce4d16c4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 21:11:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 3b3282c1347204989c35f2c237fefbdb SHA-1: c9188f58a5e8d91acacd1fd1ab5211a6f1745cc3 SHA-256: d2d4014fce4d16c443d8094752511a0a5512f298050fff58864d4a314bbfb434
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF sample was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' and an ML classifier indicating high maliciousness. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to execute malicious code or redirect the user to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/97880894947.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aviapartner.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25599306129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gogift-it.com/userfiles/files/tonopixomazewotob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parfumzone.ro/files/file/46032404620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/gasasufixekivozokaful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60299b1c24f2005a44d569d321db0a31/zirozuburidis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://come2menorca.com/images/file/xenufipijerinofevulaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ping-property.com/user_img/files/tazefaxoxobogixomariz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.egavilanes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juzobewudijip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cwlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22641a613be7924afe8f45f4b6f0d5ee/99541784878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c89e19382104f2a085b1062051009cc/61213661436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtydizayn.com/userfiles/file/dabajuwomupujikej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interiorconsignments.com/media/file/55853648188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://placc.info/up_image/vusosuxorizojom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labonguyenhoang.com/img-chamthi/files/48391013037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1960vonsteuben.com/clients/d/df/dfb5e1b83ea85bfdc5ef1da934264264/File/32594993851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skvely-kup.cz/files/file/tetalazedaterupodono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37b77c9ebb0803c15e0551756413abf4/21609515001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8261efb4edd980f3ec37769f605ec9cb/87931567459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecohort.info/userfiles/files/piferebur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meskerjager.nl/media/files/gizebukuzomaxijudim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/202172379251605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irvinenott.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90563150425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mcgrathpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/35898182539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=canzonetta+sull%27aria+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_off0000be10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE10 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d622.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD622 17408 bytes
SHA-256: 6d43a08e1b8dc150b6e5992290ff88642a8b8a2df39913521661f6a2378e84ed
font_02_sfnt_off000103cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103CB 10716 bytes
SHA-256: 03840792c920b8a6034ce43799cf7919d6053f9946809a6f5d79119b13c3c092