Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e2084ef4254404d6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.8 KB Created: 2021-09-12 02:20:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: c6a3140559f402a1b385c7ea1fdf87f0 SHA-1: e00bb2f3b6e53437a956e72a2516c7d1dae5bf5f SHA-256: e2084ef4254404d6d7b82bdc6774dadc0fc0e3345f7ce33a826897e4e020d1d9
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. The 'SE_CLICKFIX' heuristic indicates a social engineering attack that prompts the user to execute commands, likely to download and run a secondary payload. Embedded JavaScript streams and numerous external links, some pointing to compromised WordPress sites, further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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
  • ClickFix social engineering attack high SE_CLICKFIX
    Document instructs the user to press Win+R or paste a command into a terminal — consistent with ClickFix attacks that bypass macro restrictions by tricking users into running malicious commands directly
  • 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://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe0fe82bbf5877f9acde1aaa4f2e0787/sorifafomitimunilatemarum.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cartonwrappingmachine.com/userfiles/file/48668575874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/52136900094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/mirarafovoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linkipt.com/_UploadEditor/files/luxifasuwawiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detectagsafety.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93056973129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inarsindbari.org/uploads/64115043277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161331f35e39df---55268293679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canavesiobruno-architetti.it/userfiles/files/23285149745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130f6b3963d8---pedexorisekagedunugum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviapartner.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76619491857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161382a30688ef---86865334267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntiverification.com/userfiles/file/55021800445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pc580.cn/upload_fck/file/2021-9-5/20210905095159447530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longtra.vn/userfiles/file/53217771049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coopinproject.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81010923811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tinhhoaxanh.vn/userfiles/file/wedowufer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2259e9fced52ee174604b3f03fca2b2e/7261802730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pedraferro.com/files/files/53940953246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dom4m.com/userfiles/files/rujunerunorixuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leoclubmarsala.it/userfiles/files/40693692188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mayepnuocmia.vn/data/ckfinder/files/74095109838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=cpu+accelerator+androidPDF 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_off00010cb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CB0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000124c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124C7 10468 bytes
SHA-256: f41c5dc40f678f7f6be66666e2dec80c1cbb542480f1c2e3c834721ce1b4275c
font_02_sfnt_off00013c9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C9E 18684 bytes
SHA-256: 9117e39218b4be095dd4fd894f0f23c0f91abea6491df7f0077881974ff4d801