Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 de2a516515057996…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.0 KB Created: 2021-09-21 10:36:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 462a45bac3a062dac2eb8d70735f92d1 SHA-1: f7b99c7ebaefbc6364b16ebb41a913b3e4aa6a59 SHA-256: de2a5165150579969722bda6a6257a28f85762ebe4bffb64d0b40b7c0615fd20
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, including links to compromised CMS uploads and link farms on disposable hosting, suggests it is designed to exploit users. The heuristic 'SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON' further supports the lure-based attack pattern, likely leading to the download of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+phone+cleaner+2020 PDF link annotation
    • https://www.agcontraincendios.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/benimidedoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147ef70097b1---98524331891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anapharmata.hu/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/22632853336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nisahanpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/31583539008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zeci.nl/im/image/sofarasib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wxdyzs.com/userfiles/files/43368573768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taiwan-tiaya.com/upload/tiaya_official/files/90258351912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinko-tw.com/UserFiles/file/47527652339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eb3a261a14---tatamujapupoliruzara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161386b45a097b---18052850468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdsliquorlocker.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/mujuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92o0kdgf1stolqvcvretkbesti/14435172005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nusantarabet4d2.com/contents/files/54836612413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebeautyofdesign.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pigexuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyunsin.net/userfiles/file/60564108076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://helicopterleasingservices.com/userfiles/files/18894733056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sergeisurzhin.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gumumano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161448465b9b03---62406776939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131171ed9f0f---46256013923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dfwarbitrator.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/kapofoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theprojectmanagement.guru/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5236588214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stcforanebanglore.smcim.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75702114420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meijialx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96247827620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sasmedm.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bewupevanimalipudefebago.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_off0000c23c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC23C 17068 bytes
SHA-256: 844da0cc6451bad6cf18f7f2f39a35dab2e30a10228a494384901e3a5f4f7764
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE33 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001064a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1064A 10676 bytes
SHA-256: 9a15888e9d2e061fb62cc33234ad44430fa783123b0f0be74e9f5fa6c06b6566