Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2e001cc99a280112…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.7 KB Created: 2021-09-26 11:48:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 97bdb33d1d72463faa93a64e7554dd70 SHA-1: 74e9e8ea7c8ffbaa316ea90e3753a6a893995509 SHA-256: 2e001cc99a2801127c66da9573443fe8826ed4f475b4214ce055dd05fb468710
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites and are structured as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://52fantasies.com/home/holly/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56913909283.pdf
    • http://igigeothermal.jp/userfiles/file/zalejipidi.pdf
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b50aad7aae---87517286623.pdf
    • https://mimpishiodua.com/contents/files/31887120656.pdf
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c94b174fec---6304654822.pdf
    • http://neteyes.eu/editor_up/31745270628.pdf
    • http://tatagz.com/uploadfile/files/95792051530.pdf
    • http://nhactheducthammy.com/upload/files/94227485727.pdf
    • http://chinajnbt.com/images/upload/File/xogas.pdf
    • http://prograsifkalip.com/files/tofewiz.pdf
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/748e3717842137b47e1c8c0fc88a8645/mowukedijomafus.pdf
    • https://akproauto.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/vazevotivudeka.pdf
    • http://reklamavysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/62498542069.pdf
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bdcf450d39---pavizufaritibekanefejuvo.pdf
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135e99b56cd7---xaxotutep.pdf
    • http://tks-forever.com/upload/2021/09/06/file/geninofabodasejag.pdf
    • http://www.smartusb.info/images/library/File/jupixoleguzemosi.pdf
    • http://paraleumarian.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/95472475859.pdf
    • http://jhdljz.com/userfiles/file/1631029729.pdf
    • http://consorzio-csa.it/userfiles/files/82383479662.pdf
    • http://jeanchapleau.com/userfiles/file/kobagirazataz.pdf
    • http://cpils.com/userfiles/file/kimojidosidepi.pdf
    • http://www.lalorraineperdue.com/documents/40337134338.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=link+download+ppsspp
    • 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_off0000bda1.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBDA1 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d5b8.bin
a02bc4c39cb396cc681c715f12ecfed3ee8bb6014961fc4c02c34a9dd36bf4b7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5B8 10188 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000ec99.bin
392d3239e20a9cd437f5110accb6a4cb892b6fc63071a845949ca236771f50c1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC99 19004 bytes