Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ee2b0cb249c3568c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.8 KB Created: 2021-09-15 17:47:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: fab93f4f31d0b5e6b38ae2e4458d22bc SHA-1: d9e08ecd3d71fd820abb639deec552a9fa6d84ac SHA-256: ee2b0cb249c3568c87675c349262ed5af89e27ab27e34275e1e5a4b0f167f439
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites. Several heuristics indicate it is part of a link farm hosted on compromised CMS uploads, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=angles+and+radian+measure+calculator PDF link annotation
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161408b4f31ba9---8008687755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wangwangcamp.com/uploads/files/202109092054031935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bd665ac29d---weditokomemuwiwagonemopex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yousefmaktabi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59369285995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twtime.com/uploads/files/202109050011353406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalfeedindustry.com/upload/files/61340502817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cplastik.eu/data/cms/file/7096549697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///zosimesixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8acaea4e1642c081f1fce8170054b1c7/1572007124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isagenixmakessense.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zimubefimogazakugufuvivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://estatepie.com/files/userfiles/file/13696420040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vimbark.sk/editor_uploads/files/9073150882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161385f0222669---25199405776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biznesfishki.ru/files/userfiles/files/50270577947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68249544901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleangroupbd.com/ck/upload/files/53472325823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capesociety.ca/uploads/files/kuxoretudufit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-apartments.pl/data/pages/faloguroku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://castilloexterior.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11334403809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitytradecapital.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zexikiverozamokuxoxusodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://speculatio.in/ci/userfiles/files/21590079362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonvoyageindia.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53186133046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novafish.it/userfiles/files/duvukuzuramopulaxoji.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_off0000c8d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8D5 18220 bytes
SHA-256: d8a0ba11b7c81c2b85a283831be02f1f66e5a4c519ffda171204841558829bb0
font_01_sfnt_off0000f860.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF860 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011077.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11077 10792 bytes
SHA-256: a132aecf2f4d1d67ff63d03718d963e8ecf71b047981fe6629037f745be1b7dd