Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0e2e1bf817f6ef77…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-03 18:21:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 0b55d6ae47be515a437ea100edbdc049 SHA-1: 83632214c2ed1e1bae1eceb2a650ed659f6afca5 SHA-256: 0e2e1bf817f6ef7729a57e44825c26251ad5921790ed10ce191b9ffd87e09003
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially malicious content hosted on these external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://etest.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/gakisomufofagejuwol.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/24437588399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.barefoothoa.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53195226560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jokerprod.net/userfiles/file/womarutobapaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometramaurotozzi.it/userfiles/files/21204658310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6399fe29a50800f09fc0ea3b050f6961/11059042923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesterek.net/tmp/kesugamonelepelugawen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectionistpaintingnj.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puzorudinok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipkameros.lt/userfiles/file/kirotarip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce890u20bdklcis7rvrklq89t7/zikazoxafosakepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nprofit.hk/userfiles/59104833092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abc71b5e719---sujijeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oguzlarotomatiksanziman.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/34810809223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a728949255914e4154412aa509ca970/55799215579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1b1dd734a32d2d9ad08bbf69ab50d3e/gumokuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grafiport.com/userfiles/file/20500153101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://louvre.lv/res/wysiwyg/file/karav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samngaimarble.com/html_upload/file/rixometuwevexegivuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/99986729770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077362c340fb---femere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsm.hk/images/uploadfiles/file/kumazojufemepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/575237da294054299883f8d465ae82b2/47430925382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5of7edwardstreet.com/assets/media/files/10138753135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ovstav.cz/app/webroot/files/files/disunumujaxupijufubixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://runhouchem.com/upload/files/rifiketinunuwawedarurafow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aba6daf3dc---gamovomewazepapagamamoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=ccna+routing+and+switching+portable+command+guide+2016+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cda0afa0b3f1c2433f5d4673f8a1851e/rijopatisurabaxu.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_off0000cc76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC76 19692 bytes
SHA-256: c89492d67663e0102b00c8d52fc3c3316021b7acbf1c4909e81994b49d27fc98
font_01_sfnt_off0000feca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFECA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000116e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116E1 11888 bytes
SHA-256: eb0bc515cf645aba5ac82bd2f7c403710441180f127b1742e025704485612acc