Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ebcb207002916b00…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-07-08 04:25:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 1418d9c21994dd06b40b7281a63e2609 SHA-1: d97b28ded05e1a62dc7b92126d5d01fce0a199d5 SHA-256: ebcb207002916b00e8a37571a683f0c066972488cef425a9b63d6623090bc5f4
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains a JavaScript action and numerous links to external PDFs, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. These links appear to be part of a link farm designed to trick users into downloading malicious files, as indicated by the ClamAV detection and ML classifier. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download process.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+meaning+of+lighting+a+candle+for+someone PDF link annotation
    • http://computergramm.com/userfiles/file/nowawikiwofeleralut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081112eca149---romekumelozonokuwemenike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6c681bc2c3---17895017983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frangarcia.eu/upload/file/56968395899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c568c88e130---6057677827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kursadowicz.pl/Upload/file/55996034732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hncastlecable.com/d/files/92670745830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tedvandergulik.nl/userimages/file/peramowatenajenus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webbuilders.com/files/file/wexuduxafamodobevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae42e5a2c5d---bekijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/xarip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rw-hse-businessconsulting.de/userfiles/file/xavum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uppersanduskyrotary.com/cms/files/File/37678560213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gmicropilotes.com/uploads/files/lanagavitib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doanhnghiepvietnam.org/img_duhoc/files/sexugapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidequipment.com/public_html/userfiles/file/nominuzowirimadigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sangiorgioautoservizi.com/userfiles/files/norutupizazelono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c6fba9a444bd669ba46d0bfa49940a1/wudifow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekogamma.pl/javascript/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pasugilomejeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alexandrapanayotou.com/web/images/static/file/53017933410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharpspringwww.kinsta.cloud/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c313c48ed41e93a67e285185f8b0e2f0/xikulinuj.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_off0000e51f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE51F 17228 bytes
SHA-256: 7476580f263e3bf543e28601e84ca892eead4858614d4618f9384b3deb3e8b40
font_01_sfnt_off000111d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111D3 10916 bytes
SHA-256: af91eb12bcd194af34dac7d7e6fe56c4a62154febd135c1bacad669a67144a39
font_02_sfnt_off00012ab7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AB7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1