Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e5ab6e2371a7c55c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.5 KB Created: 2021-09-25 21:22:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 3554f4d85c44a68d3b2908c2ea77d7b3 SHA-1: 6cf002038f76378cf6f7c8051f5685141e66461a SHA-256: e5ab6e2371a7c55cffd8f824381e196a01ab18fc6f3410435ea147f9fe8c8d87
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for phishing and malware delivery. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised websites and potentially disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+losing+wifi+connection PDF link annotation
    • http://bygreenpure.com/userfiles/file/zesuremigitojadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosvanbeek.nl/mindcms/js/ckf/userfiles/files/63783030761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dakmoto.cz/obrazky/file/41971624396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbp.dropship-online.com/userfiles/files/68638090883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiberglasssupplydepot.com/userfiles/files/mewexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elcampoeco.org/FCKeditor/file/gifagajajirifon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frangarcia.eu/upload/file/kawidopukopilof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elard-group.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wibijodadupokon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/firs89jv1gu5gdhgolei7pt1di/femujowazawujaxelorujavol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140cd8a52287---51867054859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marktoby.com/akram/know_news/admin/userfiles/file/21234230473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zit-tech.com/userfiles/files/mudurosit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weishinclinic.com/uploads/files/202109121820332500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weilandensemble.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jegeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itineraire-consulting.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nujiburu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holocaustresearch.pl/nowy/photo/file/74878076889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.eu/slicice/file/wotetasikuvixibuwevulal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cyc-catering.pe/disac/userfiles/file/povuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://copy-office.it/userfiles/file/96528402070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terracetemayonetim.com/upload/ckfinder/files/bixaxilidufutoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otelm4b.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42418321729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melodylavernebettencourt.com/media/file/93391555731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nazrabilisim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/pezowatudileluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sweethomedelivery.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/14928763746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614df81709d07---53293505651.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_off0000b8fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB8FA 10556 bytes
SHA-256: 63db07b0e7c00e54c92dbe36fe0e76b0ab6005b73cbd6ec7f507042f7d354687
font_01_sfnt_off0000d107.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD107 18460 bytes
SHA-256: da43a5850d35babb395747a546a6db907de0feb0544cd5a3a0aaee5d8d8b1cc1
font_02_sfnt_off00010037.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10037 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1