Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2bcade5cb8a3f1c8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-08-22 04:24:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 5b77c4e36e6d20982e58694e525824e1 SHA-1: 878780f949da1e4ccdb8eafe8165d555afe07362 SHA-256: 2bcade5cb8a3f1c895ddca91f6b33e6829a200478454807c76232b8de5744f2d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=libro+lean+manufacturing+luis+socconini+pdf+gratis PDF link annotation
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210527213621268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7rv826v44m1ifh1vbitjrfc6g1/kipimemetipamegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aashianarealty.com/file/nokotalonojefuzobukaxaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://princeworldwide.com/multimedia/userfiles/file/dekopitixigorow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-biyoute.com/d/files/91423330348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famillespourstarlight.org/clients/a/a9/a9b42c05011d3bb27e7f7ec2ed30324f/File/mosexasufozodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a8b6ed4a89---betorinopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zdrowejaja.com/Upload/file/volovuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086cf2b623e9---51026969246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kochitaxirental.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97953935249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humanitool.ru/userfiles/file/xutewinezededipinesuseme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyetracking.pl/userfiles/file/poxujizuvaxekawanigux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c1e6b7202c---15303081177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladue69.com/clients/876446/File/damefisus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lutechmed.com/Images_upload/files/70535834646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609037549a54f---95824846909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e20088b75e---monewidufepabirofopolekir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cbe3d542545c86a3ce7a6018e22825c/47767236097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608218744ad7d---jarorufalugasuximateti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/908ba130ec2ff3539b983bd2c7fc1e1f/26034251445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://media-get.ru/userfiles/files/gupipabiwevesoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610e6f3b2b1b1---wakijalofikekojire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alicekhenrylawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/xogowinuxijufadak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e2be489497---fanujilagamufelexaka.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_off0000c642.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC642 16404 bytes
SHA-256: e95cd5248c3d2842aeaedd186b146b9eee9c883fdd2b717b8437501aa107262d
font_01_sfnt_off0000efb9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFB9 11160 bytes
SHA-256: 0d533b4f52577f0781e7a38e0575cb5280c37d266ec81ee72ba4b5c0738397ac
font_02_sfnt_off00010959.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10959 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1