Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e2c5e7cfba8b690b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 22:37:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: e2f58139a73f2b700a157ff4db3ced33 SHA-1: 9257769b45029b7b04eba7bb3af0137cf1682615 SHA-256: e2c5e7cfba8b690bc2dd09810eaab0b26b95443b78bc39431bbfbeaf3af39bbd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories 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.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=le+avventure+del+capitano+hatteras+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6338be63a4441666100560cdc0fa5a71/81600554816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przychodnia-felinskiego.pl/uploads/editor/file/15459470858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://armagedonspedycja.pl/files/file/tipimejudipemuvonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aloisiquadri.it/userfiles/files/12850832805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a83ed42da92---fiwikoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v4o9aml4ug2n184466fq9ghckn/75908457368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2ds-creations.fr/userfiles/file/rolijolirisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mulroyenvironmental.ie/userfiles/file/rubigevopasagaril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://everest-c.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zazizodajasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luberoff.com/userfiles/file/24096646534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a485310066633ebe2e89e9445512aad0/7774352796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falerisztika.hu/tmp/xavofezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132702db6f21---12819245659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akazwaeiw.xn--p1ai/editorfiles/file/20459626491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dcd938db111---gotiwimowirugegelix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patroha.hu/file/32526760960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2lerh07jvkqqh8q56jm4elkb17/73121591474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nkcophs50threunion.com/clients/0/01/014062e559e26c1cf0711bcec4e573ae/File/siwilotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shopexpert.com/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/36124903025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietnamairlinescorp.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dorovekizapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://begili.com/uploads/image/files/tinato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ofitecnic.es/files.ofitecnic/fck_up/file/gudumeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asharfilalkulfi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39442842703.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_off0000f4e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4E8 10840 bytes
SHA-256: f9dca7119946cffc2dfe5ed786ffdc4318901ffb37164de1a7e7a5ce182820d1
font_01_sfnt_off00010dd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DD7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000125e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125E9 18452 bytes
SHA-256: d71b0f58aa4c5472accbd09dea2ac484162f0368bc995c4ccb139c8a5e4af603