Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5ebfcdbe602a1b00…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.2 KB Created: 2021-09-13 04:50:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ad2829182d422bb7986934ca97184141 SHA-1: 302b87075cd4d02b41adb747eb8ac25ad803997b SHA-256: 5ebfcdbe602a1b00cd26cd8457e466fde0581b6b1a058e55b020139ad2735c4f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a malicious intent to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this PDF is a phishing or malware distribution vehicle. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or payload delivery to these external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

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 http://penzionnakrizankach.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gobobivov.pdf
    • https://milorem-service.ru/userfiles/file/nutid.pdf
    • https://vargyasnekonyveles.hu/kepek/other/file/67602117083.pdf
    • https://mumegram.com/userfiles/file/gawiloxivonomigigaj.pdf
    • http://around-sicily.net/userfiles/file/tirimif.pdf
    • http://k-ookuma.com/js/upload/files/71224598809.pdf
    • https://securitydm.eu/slicice/file/wubarebabowenero.pdf
    • http://nanouklid.cz/upload/file/simofem.pdf
    • http://xn--b1adrijbbb.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/58398087763.pdf
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/61770635202.pdf
    • http://autoservizimensi.it/images/fck/file/12320638970.pdf
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613eac860e558---tosazunezifawufu.pdf
    • https://seeandhearbetter.ie/img/shop/contents/35066745882.pdf
    • http://medrea.ru/upload/files/77706178378.pdf
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134e6551d7ea---19248620496.pdf
    • http://www.iciparis.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6373097634.pdf
    • https://gopherscopes.com/userfiles/file/9604366175.pdf
    • http://urparitet.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zanage.pdf
    • http://kirsanov-maslo.ru/uploads/98750185229.pdf
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b707071e4f---bowolijogujinolaw.pdf
    • http://ilsungwarehouse.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/zenunipupavixisavibus.pdf
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e6a666d1ae---lasekojofaluse.pdf
    • http://mybed.tw/uploads/files/202109052033326141.pdf
    • https://commonlawhouse.in/userfiles/file/powogorudupenug.pdf
    • http://suliaok.com/v15/Upload/file/20219461415497.pdf
    • https://editionsitaliques.com/userfiles/file/83123880742.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=adobe+spark+apk+mod
    • 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_off0000b468.bin
3e1fff736a83aa93284a671a9bb14f44387e7b2bb1f2fd7ca9084e268d46d960
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB468 15836 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000db80.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB80 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f397.bin
07924a9c3a7e8227095c89c9d91478b1c74cfe8e1fc6de1461fc388e730504a4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF397 10424 bytes