Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e1906402a42eb71…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.5 KB Created: 2021-07-19 09:35:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4c5b3194b1bcaafe9ccdd51c26b80685 SHA-1: 32356dadcd4c27e27a46132f3ef5fd228bf1f12f SHA-256: 1e1906402a42eb7139c0557dc1b1f42b5a5f2c080bff6967ea21492619469c80
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://medicentrumnz.eu/medicentrum/files/file/tuxoxovubewexon.pdf
    • http://maslag.eu/userfiles/file/lidunorat.pdf
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/118198bb2bffc53e8e5a940043517384/21651879091.pdf
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160868165377dd---51656345661.pdf
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c67083679b0---jinebuwebo.pdf
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb7ddecdcfb8a1db4506faef13b15590/dijepowunepemevubolaxife.pdf
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd5eea10f9a---15864869989.pdf
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f418c91d03e1eb3f5dc8f971a605cddd/foliwaguzima.pdf
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1jqhvpov3sugu2pmsa520f0nn6/davijex.pdf
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93rv65ubm81gqkafv61919ngp1/29487786918.pdf
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00dae524823b131f1f99f2f87322ad33/gufuforowubabariwofi.pdf
    • https://nadinerogger.ch/userfiles/files/32426482447.pdf
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2a689bb04---62736850307.pdf
    • http://mariamozharova.ru/uploads/files/40391054863.pdf
    • http://jeansresource.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41908344960.pdf
    • http://skyline1968.com/clients/74864/File/20805172432.pdf
    • http://uptownchantilly.com/uploads/files/zidemonujeterolig.pdf
    • http://coral-travel66.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pisotigevowi.pdf
    • https://fanaf.com/article_ressources/file/juvijepofa.pdf
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7779ed2a27---perod.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=dean+martin+welcome+to+my+world+songs
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ba45.bin
b347195f8931281b22a0ab5e80c53eb7750ce570e2b5a058342dc3ca8f8262ee
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA45 17860 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e6b7.bin
88f54c55e7c62323177d1498dc7524a1fa130df842d6b8e2f46fb3f5fa4c94ae
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6B7 1772 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef1b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF1B 16792 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00010732.bin
0a52e7375a7558992bd30700ba0da043c6fe8459af5240f3df1d568ba1320e94
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10732 10916 bytes