Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e5c2045ee2964502…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.4 KB Created: 2021-09-11 21:50:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7cfc4c8f9d0ecdc8a3c4a7280fa9a103 SHA-1: 1a26fb927228ff640eb22966dfcf32640247e3a4 SHA-256: e5c2045ee29645020a7ffb444c46d33bcd91c69d1adbcf3a62bfd5ef812d0837
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites, as suggested by the PDF_JS heuristic.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=a+streetcar+named+desire+analysis+pdf
    • https://magicdiscoradio.com/userfiles/file/65510387717.pdf
    • http://tryinvest.eu/userfiles/files/woxif.pdf
    • http://due.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pazolo.pdf
    • http://gpp300.fr/userfiles/file/22115618500.pdf
    • https://allcondosales.rodeodrivecondosale.com/userfiles/files/31239934316.pdf
    • https://hohsingfiber.com/ufiles/files/32455997217.pdf
    • http://facilitymanagementassociates.com/survey/userfiles/files/59572178520.pdf
    • http://michardardillier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zumutuk.pdf
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77b5fdf4ef768d52c5b523d0e078f35e/xepobesabuvumujoziwi.pdf
    • https://episcopiaoradiei.ro/files/jodokijuburunewumuxeb.pdf
    • http://yonseri.org/userfiles/files/sufuxepuko.pdf
    • http://ledspectrumthai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ximukataje.pdf
    • http://melvin.cz/data/10428075482.pdf
    • http://hyosangjo.com/userfiles/file/20210908205048.pdf
    • https://lingchuanfloor.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/mepekedu.pdf
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137bf850a721---67652729450.pdf
    • https://pasifikendustriyel.com/userfiles/file/89448720255.pdf
    • https://ashasuchikala.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84853338432.pdf
    • https://benhgout.net/uploads/Files/file/77586341908.pdf
    • https://8foro.exceltur.org/exceltur_nuevo/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6668272865.pdf
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c4c21277ae---97138898086.pdf
    • http://yanartextil.com/firma/files/sekirede.pdf
    • http://cerezolorente.com/files/cerezolorente/_repo/file/53007285562.pdf
    • https://francoisdaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fepaxekugugasefekufevo.pdf
    • http://lacasedescaraibes.fr/file/47817788560.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_off0000ce32.bin
347fa55772dca8b2ea850c6c79ae85d4e6b240fb35dfc6f5213d51edbb1ae378
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE32 17496 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb1b.bin
31a652a77835152927989b26b84eecdfed3b8a9889b0ddd88ac625801d81f1bb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB1B 10756 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000113df.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113DF 16792 bytes