Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2e459ffbaa1d713…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-18 06:57:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 2e8e8a863cd8998902182e9a9061a48a SHA-1: 884cfad38cdbf8e56b7b50b2f7c130ac560cbc69 SHA-256: d2e459ffbaa1d7131d7cea5f05e33f738fa0f6192a42b8e81e88172c4f79b67a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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 https://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=magic+arena+apk+download PDF link annotation
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/zedab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makairways.in/home/makairways2017/public_html/dowalumniusa/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15212192132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lobanowscy.pl/userfiles/file/60626976803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nevisnews.com/userfiles/vapemobewasilufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yevres.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vafijujawemivujaxudusis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sierrainstruments.cn/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/fckeditor/upload/202109/file/pazozezexafiminofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyunshin.net/userfiles/file/76709573937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11c8f7ab53b74394bb6efcd843c21ce8/vuxinelenukelubiluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jmclimatizacionhvac.cl/images/subidas/file/wupexep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://local-minicab.com/survey/userfiles/files/govokosesuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nsmpublicschool.org/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/88553250658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturenhuman.com/app/webroot/userfiles/file/zipasovowagitoviluxepugat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tanphatinst.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/nizefigakelizoxadadosomoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettorobertafasola.eu/userfiles/files/basizadunikikabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161422bcd3b6da---79794050679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostfoundglobal.com/userfiles/file/66727221002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161360e5ae1332---42243792521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613db36a61491---gamojelusuwaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://habitat3.eu/userfiles/files/mekes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhandarisurgical.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jozimefepepalolij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deopendeur.org/imgUser/file/85446855621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lukinserv.hu/file/xedugaxutijebetubat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tivicom.vn/upload/files/92940004841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burlingame.com/wysiwygfiles/file/52265574448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://granitnet.hu/editor_up/wenaxim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tes-sys.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/20210909/16311889694654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d7cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7CC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000efde.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFDE 17948 bytes
SHA-256: 2987fd350c5413f947a1b01a69706edc3a8dbd298441b1003715ba0f5d94181a
font_02_sfnt_off00011e99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E99 10596 bytes
SHA-256: 15371ab6389a47a4a41feb55c0314dc6d935156d9a2fe7a6694f38a46efcb90b