Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2ea37d2537ebad8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.8 KB Created: 2021-10-03 17:19:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 4d41cd41412a9eb861b4d84693c983f7 SHA-1: 10045f7177d745d14017347c455d57c7a484ce87 SHA-256: d2ea37d2537ebad8e8c1cef68e2f49417069efcdf52ff5d9b8c7aaf353e14a8d
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links to external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of embedded JavaScript and the nature of the external links suggest an attempt to deliver a malicious payload or redirect the user to a phishing page. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support the malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9909

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 https://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dairy+production+and+management+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://criollo-cocoa.com/userfiles/file/jusamuvoteme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santabruna.cl/upload/file/48047058621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archifolder.com/userfiles/files/fesetovibomalufomidares.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhodium.vn/uploads/news_file/nibigiwisokatenomufenewov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debandhelder.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14077605735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614ccbae4662b---wojut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bkht.vn/userfiles/file/13364697268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thegmsbihta.in/userfiles/file/91121428303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kroonzuivel.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88885755106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygoaltv.org/ipp/images/uploads/files/21484140266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://armenia4d.com/contents/files/sevakulomafogukama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xfswchem.com/upload/files/kinefikovikipejatasijudep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hbfilm.ca/resimler/files/54294608284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ea3215da662763065134890fc33b651/mokisipeninikex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://knurussian.kr/DATA/upload/files/202109120616591597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146257452a13---28047758516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koncnc.com/genelresimler/file/19478687104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seamacros.com/upload/file/nilogufasake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gok-maciejowice.pl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pilotiriturewesovewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b6d612e4e4---bodatewatewaguguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmarlboropike.com/uploads/files/kovefotofomute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u2s8kch1vvcjqjvi18tnhecka0/givotifarawukorerebuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://factorysales.com/userfiles/files/89273303155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teen.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xaludu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://epagneuls-bretons.fr/caningest/images/file/daten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praguynakorn.com/praguynakorn/picture/datapro/files/womobebolasegesom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conflictfreeelectronics.com/ourprojects/chowki/UserFiles/renuka/file/6926730.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_off0000b6ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB6AC 14828 bytes
SHA-256: 82a9939b3b0679887936eea8b677333373721bf87c23fb579327c44d083d91b5
font_01_sfnt_off0000dbe1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBE1 10964 bytes
SHA-256: b9fb25abc6835eefc2ea37bfc55e37651df7dda1c71e4419d70617a8bee00abc
font_02_sfnt_off0000f520.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF520 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1