Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2e2fc786d60495b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.9 KB Created: 2021-09-13 17:34:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 82c5674d2e9f9625abc7b747603b4cb9 SHA-1: fcd75907efa124c5f4d820cbf01f432e0440be1b SHA-256: 2e2fc786d60495b47b15a3c79246bcf93f5f9d877be995c59c8542c244253f41
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URLs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution through these links. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=my+hero+academia+season+5+episode+6+english+dub PDF link annotation
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131316011484---3653241141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamtamphat.com/upload/files/betuzafanonomapowakug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ultraljud.nu/bild/files/wusezepezaled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canoeing.by/pics/files/fegixexomokowutedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokwuttibut.com/file_media/file_image/file/lutuzomeligenusuzosik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://virtualcharityevents.com/vce_cake/files/files/lonijubexixafiwaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rent-lease-no1.com/userfiles/file/20210903095528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rsst77.ru/upload/files/sapukolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongphat.net/upload/files/bupusozetopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icrs-as.com/userfiles/file/xerudet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e1477784fcc954428b7c7b2ed9826cd/bubivekufebirulebideteto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markone-tools.com/upload/files/11662791780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carsonpokebar.com/uploads/files/50131950495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://textingrights.com/userfiles/files/64232897732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asavn.vn/uploads/userfiles/files/72362352978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.barefoothoa.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63122313729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medsplus.us/admin/images/file/wujaxofisetolawelew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caycanhtuyhien.com/uploads/image/files/zerejus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ae27893d960e1b3c12b5cefdea89b4f/mofodazokovogum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profession-your-dr.com/uploads/files/202109091824064915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oilbasaro.com/web/images/ckfinder/files/20210902060859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.premiumimport.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/betigejuxavafolufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pro.ovh.net/~tribuene/images/banque/file/rojodazalezirelukatatimid.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_off0000c41e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC41E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC35 11512 bytes
SHA-256: 57d7d21ee1378c7b6ed6086cf74f9f2af701e5f2f5800e1c4fd15b1761434b51
font_02_sfnt_off0000f6e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6E4 18312 bytes
SHA-256: c528ac0c51b72a36bd0135bd5481ad0df778c56189557510403fa875968bb314