Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2bc2396c01a1d9d7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-10-05 03:55:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a88168039d15357ef4f472a666ba3697 SHA-1: 60ce838ade68fdf3ff3a749cafcd0b49ca10cd50 SHA-256: 2bc2396c01a1d9d71c6b9fc0f0ccc645e1fd638a22ebe4799c7a54a83a8afda3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, with high-confidence heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and a link farm. The embedded JavaScript likely executes malicious actions, and the numerous external URIs, including those hosted on compromised CMS uploads, suggest a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, indicating attempts to obscure the final malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hx+stomp+owners+manual
    • http://immodraft.de/images/architekten_agentur_images_/file/57991234262.pdf
    • http://220-wm01.netdbhosting.com/file/zaxexowe.pdf
    • http://gevenschoenen.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bafidodarilowavigi.pdf
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91vep6g71r2jit0kq1o55iac9g/21512422016.pdf
    • http://starma.pl/files/file/1926939019.pdf
    • http://ikuma-car.com/js/upload/files/vevisapurasaserekosi.pdf
    • http://osingenieria.com/images/admin/file/4114454880.pdf
    • http://kryotherapie.net/neu/userfiles/file/58623542652.pdf
    • http://greenflameenergy.com/userfiles/file/98793185733.pdf
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614165fdd109e---nuzuka.pdf
    • http://stigstudiotecnico.it/userfiles/files/8590558592.pdf
    • http://idcla.net/upload/files/69242893966.pdf
    • https://oxi-dental.ro/imagini_ws/74520363264.pdf
    • http://vinaaquachem.com/uploads/files/98062898786.pdf
    • https://wyslijpaczki.pl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/file/jebogatumema.pdf
    • http://lawyersmarketingusa.com/user_upload_image/file/
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161344fdfaaea9---rudubutes.pdf
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614bf8376ea15---boxivajokugexotusosoj.pdf
    • http://madonnina.info/userfiles/files/66406324732.pdf
    • http://xn--90aoaidn.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vesuwudogo.pdf
    • http://tufaghanafc.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90164647893.pdf
    • http://woodlander.sk/grafika/file/71392090469.pdf
    • https://aymexco.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sebapa.pdf
    • https://migger.dk/userimages/file/lixumisat.pdf
    • http://alfamar.travelshops.pl/userfiles/file/82061887040.pdf
    • http://355353.ru/userfiles/file/31263161996.pdf
    • https://ibshospitals.com/userfiles/file/92639988780.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d600.bin
a6680ba95b51fe27b17205f6feeee2b1d6c38a5e24733f36ac5146b6baad0f08
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD600 10600 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee42.bin
374aac4572f127b8e9b5f6cf2ea884cb3f97a9e4196dfa54d2bd781c3369236c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE42 19004 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011f69.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F69 16792 bytes