Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 01e80f469ede026d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-08 11:05:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 6f82d3bfe53799210368a299ead6e53a SHA-1: ab9fa6c4081cb7bbd8b4f24949dd4da440f7694b SHA-256: 01e80f469ede026d449ea2ed4212c43b1d22517b786d00415684fe7c9dde9ada
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, strongly suggests a malicious intent. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier output further confirm its malicious nature. The document likely serves as a lure to download further malicious content or engage in phishing activities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097397c4951b---dowasujadaxapiposetuga.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q24sjbg7v2tr2km78rptri4ra9/depukijabom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.willmarareachamber.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nerusomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pnlcoach.com/misc2/file/In PDF document text
    • https://2-view.org/home/view/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zeleda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://electriccityusa.com/images/fck_uploads/file/gakikorewikolijamuzaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tmfconnected.com/clients/6/67/67cd703e63b47da0cba1438f70967d25/File/60307459871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colours-of.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/alnomiduc34lu6vp1rbdk5esjh/3166357433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ckmusicdesign.nl/userfiles/file/71592426879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://almar-bus.pl/userfiles/file/93885794413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chambres-hotes-aube-bleue.fr/userfiles/file/kilefozebexavatanujowizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f10f311b864---bipuboxijovep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaunas.cvzona.lt/resources/img/files/44043873190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://subded.org/userfiles/file/25817989333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushrutproctology.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/turuwodutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://designmaster.in/scgtest/eec-new/codelibrary/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buxisoluvugapobudexeraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071975c0d9ef---2186923959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e88132d9929---59956059048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albarossa.jp/js/upload/files/76375314497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alexgis.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/xezobojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bd0606368ac42bd4709ea79e11fbb7d/5876694915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duz-drustvo.si/uporabnik/file/84094074751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retrofitoman.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1475092924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winstar-tools.com/UserFiles/editor/file/91451153112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0d9d0441dd---geguwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=nissan+tiida+hatchback+2009+manualPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000d9e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9E8 11000 bytes
SHA-256: 29fc8c6a1551ce323a5e7a31f1c6058bbf5671d30aad8461a46396bb032abcdb
font_01_sfnt_off0000f34b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF34B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010b5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B5D 17376 bytes
SHA-256: d012e7978dc03fc1a9f491721419cb045954e70f585599e372714b59d325fe34