Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d1eec42a6ee681f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.3 KB Created: 2021-09-25 23:56:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7e0f75e3bcb34efce40373fc48213870 SHA-1: 974709f3b83e5b7c0ce93f298a01f52046ef0df6 SHA-256: d1eec42a6ee681f27cf376bc5d87933936741ef1c88c5c1b74ffb609aa698809
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and contains embedded JavaScript. The heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised CMS platforms. This suggests an attempt to redirect users to phishing or malware download sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=open+source+download+manager
    • https://sealordhotels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52280428127.pdf
    • https://channeloflove.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15514962480.pdf
    • http://hcbarrett.com/user_area/file/47539066993.pdf
    • https://frisch.ro/files/file/24390855956.pdf
    • https://neksav.com/upload/ckfinder/files/97654592098.pdf
    • http://acunambalaj.com/adenoto/upload/files/rutepovez.pdf
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130790909c1b---9431217315.pdf
    • http://autovoda.ru/upload/files/tarevabid.pdf
    • https://cmoretv.com/userfiles/79439265727.pdf
    • https://asthasupermarket.com/userfiles/file/14238171007.pdf
    • http://salon-urody-bellis.pl/images/file/26079203771.pdf
    • https://marblobath.marblobaths.ph/app/webroot/img/files/51296232066.pdf
    • https://congchungnguyenlieu.vnpec.xyz/uploads/files/97612498520.pdf
    • https://newegys.egyseg.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dubazarukudutepuxovumowub.pdf
    • http://zmz72.ru/files/file/41683663859.pdf
    • http://malopolskiszlakwinny.pl/upload/File/rasurosesojir.pdf
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614569007c161---kiwomazanigoruwu.pdf
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35e61916d6c851140d38138ae4ff4fe4/muvofubapolase.pdf
    • http://holzbau-napetschnig.at/lejulajewatof.pdf
    • http://hotspot-usa.com/js/upload/files/54923327239.pdf
    • https://fentesmakina.com/paket/upload/files/bovuxe.pdf
    • http://xn--sanitrprofi-p8a.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/51581459116.pdf
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74dfeb745e8f3eda0a4c619cacba75a9/31347564451.pdf
    • https://singhaniabrothersltd.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xegaxojojivinilan.pdf
    • http://yakutiaprime.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/15905497355.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_off0000b737.bin
5c49b60b3230ae350402cb9e1cdc8d1cc086ec0c6ff501922bcf9564159ae3af
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB737 10876 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d03b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD03B 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000e84d.bin
f1a4ac583cd831879fafbbb0d3a688c5ec05c805ce8f0603338fb8a7ab386250
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE84D 17044 bytes