Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2e1fcaf51b04e02a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 22:19:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1af5b954728015f4089bda81f37acab7 SHA-1: 66f2ad3f37ec2698b578ff2b4bffa8cb1ecd14f2 SHA-256: 2e1fcaf51b04e02a577c4d2df97aeb353606e6cdc1561ca56bc86aeec0f3b6d6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=morphological+species+concept+pdf
    • http://mp-journal.com/media/file/31250361186.pdf
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hathehnjlhqhq2or3ti97udbeb/duzivusekevuripuzawafar.pdf
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160954effa4ceb---nujimufoda.pdf
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/noxezamopim.pdf
    • https://equinox-e.com/upload/files/xedazuvunafufekuxazezu.pdf
    • http://ncabhsa.com/clients/875427/File/61801285076.pdf
    • http://kids-ex.com/80327949020.pdf
    • http://igigeothermal.jp/userfiles/file/peximazatozawinoxekuso.pdf
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0bd7819176---mavaboberisadifolonake.pdf
    • https://i-chat.tw/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rexevatura.pdf
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d93a44abdfc46bbde5adf093a7e7f211/subugufatawepixojenovefax.pdf
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f45823db5db8c2a99833508fe4042ae7/35401370812.pdf
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16118db08240af---dilegadesevekejixez.pdf
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087755ab005e---vukaradevorodigot.pdf
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945d5b20c54---wirotukivenu.pdf
    • https://coevent.ru/upload/files/winis.pdf
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lc3qvfssj1l43t000tjoeie54v/tezuzetonexuvavuwuseje.pdf
    • http://goldenpeak.it/userfiles/files/51949639245.pdf
    • http://stalmont.eu/userfiles/file/vubuku.pdf
    • http://lapenya.cat/imgjovesnaves/file/movurinixu.pdf
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071b69c23caa---21213256177.pdf
    • http://geteffective.biz/uploadfiles/file/50281488909.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_off0000fd71.bin
7e0404e99688c9c8c3f35cfce35e5df1f0ad7b657fdbb70d2baace869687c337
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD71 10892 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001165f.bin
74010d9fc90f81672ce837b647c544e31bfd30101b661354e9058316a2ba31ac
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1165F 18464 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014603.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14603 16792 bytes