Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b226bae52ae3473…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-10-06 14:03:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 02e938da61cb47590e06de9359c8a53a SHA-1: b0e61be622d72aa6e0421e239bdae85e7f998e3f SHA-256: 2b226bae52ae3473bb35af0b39e9924a69a3fe2ba6f8a8334005d61ecaeb7432
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or are part of a link farm hosted on disposable domains. These elements suggest the PDF is designed to lure users to external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pineapple+smoothie+bowl PDF link annotation
    • http://shqinze.net/admin/upimg/file///viwediduvupebezofujomini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventiliatoriai.lt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74235508019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deewanalarab.com/up_imgs/rezenufimemelulaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebd.su/UFD/7623/files/68869939472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615200e3a7d1e---49530327348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glamour-nsk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/delanemifeped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://espritgt.com/userfiles/file/47718151486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9716b3dbc3ca567cd0f24eaf4e1c6a9d/38255289733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tdjl.com/uploadfile/file///2021092914112285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dusunceokulu.net/resimler/files/bewuzox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masterkontroll.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88820024271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615c11c5a0382---ritamunixaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mr-alian.com/upload/ckfinder/files/3645627360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://botroul.be/uploads/68117603792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidwoodmachine.com/d/files/rimagonoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://art-eria.pl/mandarynka/pliki/files/pokemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135d170c682e---wexulikokokakarolumamunak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichibus.vn/uploads/news_file/34623941938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cassotech.nl/site/data/ws/files/78357991609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d982e0a753---jujawaxenupolegip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linpus.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/1558625785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pastravariaizvoarelebratiei.ro/images/file/3814272522.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_off0000d742.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD742 19584 bytes
SHA-256: cbbf83377256b00ec5aa28c5922fb28d9409fba7da0c68cf22c50ba0d459a7bc
font_01_sfnt_off00010967.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10967 10644 bytes
SHA-256: f2b9f992ed7d7fe59cfe79b3a5a97e982500d984f95936a73f660e70e0e56109
font_02_sfnt_off00012165.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12165 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1