Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e202adca246ecb81…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-09-20 04:22:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: ee65c457aed251b9cb59d6e81f1ef172 SHA-1: b7386e74a8c8e8394ec8f271f59931b43695060b SHA-256: e202adca246ecb8125b1e0ae4733af3978444cda78df08dd5d8d51f6c5cf00d6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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=mutants+and+masterminds+character+sheet+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://jd6618.com/jd6618/file/2021-9/file/LwpCms2021_09_04_03_01_35_6840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luckyfood.itweald.com/uploads/files/61400ab5eff17.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/239384ffa874cfce1712c8094aed125f/lutiwur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deopendeur.org/imgUser/file/kikasafamunejoxaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dab00212a2---65325051465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slhospital.com/upload/fckeditor/file/pexugogexemakizudomelad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dammesliepas.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kedajinugut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garage-fuji.jp/js/upload/files/83254055137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a61ea9d501e103f2613641866314f790/61614962567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://de.ruben.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42842192219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thuaphatlaihoanghuy.com/uploads/files/84524624595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anitt.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21728497108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141bb1893540---winebeduroruvuzafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jysunshine-hotel.com/up_files/file/nomiwamovesix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgtofubbq.com/uploads/files/84472455167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://importfoodfair.com/userfiles/image/2021/09/file/10295969607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bednidhitraders.com/userfiles/file/besejelobasovexafivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maytinhdalat.vn/images/uploads/files/guxijizedeluzabowitise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6978e2d716637668f0ef71347d155fec/47754857075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6estp830b0tc3ee5poprsi8q58/vunik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclameindex.nl/images/uploads/95275197737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altinhediyeler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/99863884445.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_off0000e5bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5BF 18540 bytes
SHA-256: 50db9d0d89215a23449d7a578809248db0cf1954519730ea1e72ac1ef078c327
font_01_sfnt_off000116a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116A5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012ebc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EBC 10812 bytes
SHA-256: 3f10dfd25f9cca16e9ce149590bddcbab37f78bd351da682a4bf456bc125d0b9