Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ea36bc6da66f0bf0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.8 KB Created: 2021-10-11 04:18:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: dbbc7c970a53b79a27316c1d127942a1 SHA-1: 3b974b91e5c2f9dc6bfac8d1badaf20bfb4c8b8e SHA-256: ea36bc6da66f0bf08fec3e0eb95f122ca2aba860885b3c296458212bc85d7985
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and it contains embedded JavaScript. It also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple suspicious URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites and other disposable domains. These URLs are likely phishing or malware distribution sites, indicating a multi-stage attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=kylie+minogue+young PDF link annotation
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dab65e396e45937b7b51a471b056c127/9681334286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhongguohuachun.com/d/files/fodoxufamatovejosutaxixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gps-tw.com/CKEdit/upload/files/mefofinesomob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614f94a21a175---boran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metroboxservices.com/upload/ckimage/files/70729423795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mcenterdk.ru/fck_editor_files/files/fojeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g0iiqddmibpj5pj9dd93rh96q2/dezikiverajozamimofijosof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediaskills.rs/files/79297235047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://girlstown.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86593884858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilateralmatters.org/userfiles/file/51200901015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://franchiseinnovations.org/broker-site/files/files/bojajilewogugemilivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1000projects.ru/upload_picture/file/94078234865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mqs5j08bcr0h53pub9kk4gcfii/genitarukaguvinovuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jszl-rolls.com/filespath/files/20210914192039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rs8dhmp8rhdm2uk36bhej6jq7o/sobujug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apisicul.com/userfiles/files/pozigul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibliotheque.ville.deux-montagnes.qc.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95320539951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.flamanville-76.fr/upload/file/pegafegabizomogonerubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161312e7eb8197---2445647450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motoralbini.it/files/file/voreba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfamar.travelshops.pl/userfiles/file/32606356366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dietmoiquangle.com/webroot/img/files/bemoxeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patanamachine.com/imgUpload/files/11447396291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjleiou.com/images/upload/File/86270085853.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_off000111ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111AE 23824 bytes
SHA-256: d37e8221c017b85b5b46b23ad77507c8a83547c57b89cb3b0903065b042b798c
font_01_sfnt_off00014f27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14F27 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001673e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1673E 10128 bytes
SHA-256: 23dfdb23a1286b3ffc63c1df46966ed34c18b17fb0a94086ae5cf189ad9c738e