Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1db56ea938e21a50…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-10-05 01:58:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 7f4880b48bdd57a8e20a5c1d61ddc85d SHA-1: 595f8381afc4e15cb1109ce10e32a4ad0e1c48ed SHA-256: 1db56ea938e21a50b873911e83683f8d7ff12a09792bfb59dfc5bee88d0d7d67
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and is identified as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://www.l-games.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/polagewebe.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614e8b8568446---28527427741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photopuzzle.net/userData/board/file/66036792324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menu2uplus.com/images/file/livonozidus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614f49b2f20e4---90618303849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://molenat-energies.fr/molenat.com/images/editor/file/12589681436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loaamtran.vn/files/usersfiles/files/sakajemifebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radecznica.pl/userfiles/file/tivapedelexututetiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crabandclaw.com/uploads/files/51450580323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eshop-kocicinadeje.cz/files/file/roneba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwbright.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-13/20210913211529362229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4reality.cz/userfiles/files/44676844368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tainghe.vn/userfiles/file/zilatabipatir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://behagi.eus/files/galeria/files/1849282984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72e631c94818b2251cd85b4c9e58f1ac/rinefetegunutusuxixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stickerbarcode.com/file_media/file_image/file/27548085999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/280932358331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ba70c5d49a---89778698681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastindiaspray.com/suvra/eastindia_spray/files/xorebifojogewilukem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alhambra.kopanramen.com/uploads/files/56742536061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webvitamin.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/xuvufigipunedes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exosushi.com/uploads/files/82331038082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarklawtexas.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/gebupezulibujanexinomel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615b1a1119405---78433635387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thunderstar.cn/userfiles/file/20210909055257276227623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b772885168---21195748454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=purpose+of+philosophy+in+educationPDF 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_off0000e51d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE51D 19456 bytes
SHA-256: e05851c02fc1df6c9f094918eaa4bd8baa1d8e15405461dcbd5708769ac2f60a
font_01_sfnt_off00011741.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11741 10932 bytes
SHA-256: 03abac7437a8b3b84c1113fb489843ccb69c1b5c6ead10094548ab3ebc9054a2
font_02_sfnt_off00013091.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13091 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1