Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ed7a7f1aef38737…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-08-20 01:03:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: b68a0b0ae5b0e9c4bf86579fba303a9a SHA-1: c4a442e05abe01f8862126bbbef8dc97dab591e6 SHA-256: 1ed7a7f1aef3873757973e1f525ade288d2dcc334535e01299d004171d2810d6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also includes numerous links to compromised websites, many hosted on WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to redirect the user to a malicious payload or phishing page. ClamAV and ML classifiers strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or trojan delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+pair+crompton+fan+remote PDF link annotation
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76aa125102a2645301bdd24ec0b4aa82/98168765081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesura.net/userfiles/file/jajirifuteber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82317fcde9adef1b63d31dec823f5c0f/20626969269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b51104561961035344d56bb7864d7da/nuvaxaxenopinesol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eschool365.in/js/admin/uploadfiles/file/pivubojizotikutufepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mii.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7ee11cb674cc8b2d5c6cc6b7e1be598/30613975743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16115c023539f9---rinikupisibipejanos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82gcj03vidubj260jnff5i2en1/21449293228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wecans.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/85131755947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a466eb3b1c3de98e52f91140e7dcef0/savinijewajubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mygiftltd.com/userfiles/file/fofazunukowuxegasadetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bienbao.net/uploads/files/wonufaligidozorabalig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bm-shower.com/userfiles/files/42100736164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f60d196698---latelarob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608175657f54a---26521693593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sailstudy.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80845297083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamaskitchenorder.com/uploads/files/8862240084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rvda5bd0hlk1mjejnl7n1ujmf7/42927554998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://betheaskssd.com/flash/betheaskssd.com/file/57167004959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b90869a1c43---dikuxobelamimaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://box8websites.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18891646998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oreade-breche.fr/userfiles/file/mowokebofasuvisazupijos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6b163199d2---vonogetewazunexasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debsluxe.com/clients/1/17/174397649ed9f07baa8f9d9f48c72a4d/File/xofulajemoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoitruyengiaocodocvietnam.com/uploads/image/files/68336205212.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_off0000de2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE2D 17188 bytes
SHA-256: d12a7b07c0a636fe4eb5bbfca9bdf6b84e779d37b17f9d9b5be58b42c2214386
font_01_sfnt_off00010b14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B14 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001232b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1232B 10504 bytes
SHA-256: acbe87702033b0e140d24534cd4e7b4b0f8dc61b49c974b3e056d7c43a2c3393