Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 04e27cead14b4018…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 00:03:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 8fbd318a390bf549878062bb73ddd7bf SHA-1: 6399fe14f605dc706a6a87a9352d1b668b719f30 SHA-256: 04e27cead14b40186a9c551d8f057c80cfa4b9ea6a5627845c89b09451050ce1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via a link farm. The embedded JavaScript may be used to further obfuscate the malicious redirection or exploit PDF vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://gustosandvic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15234876460.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://jmtours.co/aym_image/files/90469820475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c78b29d7ca42231a8d8e4e054b26e38/gubafigusimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.indee-r.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d16ab420952979c5a9464a3cd6cdaac4/41875635551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03d4399e5c5dd2d715a789d378b12e34/sadunepapujulidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peaceinsrilanka.lk/userfiles/file/pevekunegafexejejidar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bu5s620oo1at0ik9422m4jv37h/jatujofabulidafeguba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fcd248f32e---puzifunofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c47e8d94cc5---wuwunevika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/54206167754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contabil-fiscal.ro/mm/file/19663286035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://llux.vn/uploads/files/67775329527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://come2menorca.com/images/file/5805682936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geniuschulatutor.com/userfiles/files/15731645606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1f7e905106693c2b4b5c3c016c14c00/55822115876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grifin.sk/files/mujekedijutusekofomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5r7hjf9rc2jfv8n8p9q9v1bmj7/televemolitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexus-custom.com/js/upload/files/95107054618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a2903afba3---78130064046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuocmambason.com/upload/fckimagesfile/4e0a4eaa2c1f373c1baf774876752367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointsourcegroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c56d297754cc85711a86e2a0061ff6f/kuvusegum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/159d6684277e74009cb419c9ad64f4a0/80422369100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=field+of+expertisePDF 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_off0000d3e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3E9 10304 bytes
SHA-256: 3e9b47efcd7ef8235bf3513c3dbcc1dfe4cd3ada75a96214f74ea59967757aa1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB34 17996 bytes
SHA-256: 671d2427cfff169fa4345f46899559e5ed45b385d5316d4afc2218efda9244de
font_02_sfnt_off000118f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118F0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1