Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 04e07bb9cc2a3eff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.2 KB Created: 2021-07-17 07:45:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: d05f5638c200f3df4f06312bbd0a197b SHA-1: ecccdc047dad666b64bcd760c4b4121c78cdeedd SHA-256: 04e07bb9cc2a3effea2984fc06e2b005d9bee95eb467f1848c30644fffb45ea0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users to phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f9def86a0f2b479dfe4c2dc5a01b32d/nikiwawajod.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://all-pass.com/folder/editor/file/rasosebajimukezojisex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hagakure.by/upload/editor/files/45384619212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soyana.de/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kepebifamezoniso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bdblue.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/genofegafefefitemogiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgocsm.in/userfiles/file/97021073721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekolojikweb.net/upld/userfiles/file/kadasixuvubobofawavopik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ka-base.no/images_content/file/73744887141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harasim.cz/uploaded/files/sutajevub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077321854cb2---1601736637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088e11d13e02---kogituwirawokajidele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manajrgvaaradhi.com/cms-uploads/files/lewoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://girl0229960192.com/upload/users/files/kejofibiramavenupin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qdbl483vs5r9c6633el0r07shd/migulogisafegosojezije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bmkdnp0p4dq22lf19gepnb902v/vezagifaropesufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a68166b4f---kiwejez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f37093ee79---raxiwonosofop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d76544933938b61691dff681f32627bb/novim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://washlounge.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vugoxumurarozexekiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b3aa5c199---gixivinilunegusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coinmarketsuite.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80406092095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leo-translate.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094106e0e6a3---laximinizutovekuvibim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc2c020642e0b5dd63d3293eb2687771/38657150913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0bfdabaa8032d6aa5b781a85cc271da/94686217198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/585837f706f562d83aa32a48dd73b589/notetigukejav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=are+fish+cold+bloodedPDF 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_off0000ff8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF8C 17248 bytes
SHA-256: b3de7f7b24360c04ca0e8e161a11bd67345af5700e07abcf47d0d43f68223345
font_01_sfnt_off00012c62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C62 10332 bytes
SHA-256: e104e8d07db032d338a66cf57893b741ab170e680739f0e9ec94ee9b64718fca
font_02_sfnt_off000143c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x143C7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1