Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0e9e3a71a0b75894…

MALICIOUS

PDF

128.4 KB Created: 2021-07-06 14:07:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 753c24ae8e55af424b2ef9a7b40f770e SHA-1: 4ed8fbe2e6bc25013d602714653a2a80822413f9 SHA-256: 0e9e3a71a0b758944653a32aafde291404770a4d23cc872bbc55bc58ac8be57f
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 delivering malicious content. The PDF also contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=angle+in+the+same+segment+of+a+circle+are+equal PDF link annotation
    • http://staractivecollection.com/resimler/site/files/judipuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://narimasu-chintai.net/jcfiles/file/60586157130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/267f9af63df3bca50ec71bb145cf7047/29253900409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb86812f7be---29092632556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuaphatlailongthanh.com/upload/contentFile/minhchau/file/82011486622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matras-devison.com/upload/file/wabasuwifelibadutusexor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084fea7d47e4---91765594584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55b218d619a21c56d8cc18fe0c1f48cd/butilof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sequoia59.com/clients/867919/File/widoxomirebes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5dbfc3d000---56141479934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5db8a5d1a59e991af4b1213da82f5855/58446795796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4tu49m0irsacnp857rnjqcac2o/rejurigesufavixupogiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/3607997171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foxtailmag.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18cc546d1cde646a65ccb34a2a634a26/gezajuzelobuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grubstreet.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wumipagiteritukum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csn-alliance.com/data/files/53100550880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tykhestudiodesigns.com/clients/7/73/7311521ca682816632878891c231d107/File/65975253174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/file/kagesuxubekoponogekaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9536137c098589c39077fba539089667/35484079819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2ea954f98c---fuwojavezopevet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc667e3eae---42575557015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb9d33701edfe53b93c0053b85750f56/dusubeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2a61b624e3---56308144368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/suviniwewabibonun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iaestedresden.de/userfiles/file/magepubokipikizagok.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_off00019165.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19165 18452 bytes
SHA-256: c8f03078ccb03ce36a7aa916ea557679f3b8b079cf1836d21314f956e35c5b66
font_01_sfnt_off0001c283.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C283 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001da9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1DA9A 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 0053fd41d4f5e01c6a36f8d25ad83805c22f44aa4de70cfc8f5c0454cac5341d