Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2eb36c99b2bd7078…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.1 KB Created: 2021-09-26 02:20:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: ec0dad7b7f75a65d2a0de8397d1a63f6 SHA-1: 3f644b110682ab513d36795fa13c28ae7e7a1da6 SHA-256: 2eb36c99b2bd707840ecfa18fe440093a7fa3c8125567d9a00a1caaf928d25d1
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 ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ppsspp+gold+psp+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://holyfamilyhospitals.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nasezazalarofipivinoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://francemonde.news/UserFiles/file/sanude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paroles-vives.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wamukokaxaruzuwupugibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://world-green-hope.com/uploads/files/faforasijaxasonedegad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukvoznaika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59953317088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c73e1d6adde770c1f252851161f28653/54108540853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb5a8836c6e785ea83bcd04a7ad98e6c/57893499553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goez3.com/10005001208290177/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vizagafepurajojariz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canissapiens.com/images/uploads/file/mosopekid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vstarmp.cn/upload/files/20210926_064852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161376143422df---nubesulupetipagulus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exosportsante.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ragaxatipifimixovefezot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cerrutistudio.eu/userfiles/files/28862990366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapalishakti.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81967518817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mixline.ru/img/lib/file/76154475415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portofmiamitunnel.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/repufusofuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szpk.hu/_user/file/vuwetexojexarov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bennett-legal.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/redidinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-preiss.at/upload_files/files/mujovoxojapiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b1ncc7c7s9tmhuni77iglv795/51861407996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntct.dz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69934099213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hinodanang.com/uploads/image/files/rasoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuisinescartier.ca/upload/editor/file/dixezopudovujulowirarovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euforbiabulgaria.com/uploads/pages/files/gukemepumufasen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133c9383b855---44610945616.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_off0000b255.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB255 10132 bytes
SHA-256: cc770ea0aeb49acc40db688b889d4e604e5d5bdc3f5ff96dd5dc1b73a4835a6b
font_01_sfnt_off0000c8db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8DB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e0ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0ED 15244 bytes
SHA-256: 4ec101e6ac72289e0e4c3339216b3e9eaa0d7a79cc2de8e0f4cf7467b2113c04