Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1fe9914436ab845a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.2 KB Created: 2021-09-20 23:58:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: e06fbbcbdfc9fd882105273bc53cdaf9 SHA-1: 356a3f7e2fe0b3eb1c454d88fd11ea228fc47e00 SHA-256: 1fe9914436ab845abf4156431551231c303703be028e5158ff0aa813a7487111
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest a phishing or trojan payload delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://studioguagnoni.it/userfiles/files/16610509557.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://smartbrand.ro/mm/file/bebasejale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easyreturn.store/userfiles/file/biwodufedaloves.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ietc-oman.com/userfiles/files/44226851326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://florylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/717881432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mtiwelding.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xifujofetefefepowazerozik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/rawakaradiwatamepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korea-seals.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48596381211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ae0c34d29b64cbd5b0f0045f2086d53/20264649346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://damiel.eu/userfiles/file/radutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://depcip.com/app/views/panel/ckfinder/userfiles/files/memap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614138f9ad53b---napawixukevasukevufum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613745887d48c---55849491568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelshops.pl/userfiles/file/33548759850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rafaellopezehijo.com/upload/files/bujum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livestreaming.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5tvoqevel50cfm62e91294i61k1h7mlb/golisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nicenpos.com/userData/board/file/73831361838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stnedu.com/ckfinder/upload/files/pugagesazolivan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130737250a19---71219207256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://littlepearlbooks.in/data/eimages/file/72151589994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitstroycraft.ru/source/file/maxodelixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leoclubmarsala.it/userfiles/files/37558444679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dveropolis.ru/upload_picture/kidafepifinufunuxebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannhuaduong.net/upload/files/kepijupuwenuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://easternresources.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rezuxifabuxovogow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodomus.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dobosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=things+to+put+in+a+minecraft+cityPDF 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_off0000cdde.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDDE 16884 bytes
SHA-256: 0388a07dd5cc9035d09e02e3f60654ceb385f02785707ec3eb74374f620058a8
font_01_sfnt_off0000f988.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF988 11056 bytes
SHA-256: 60771956c327cbee334e80151611115b9f922a3e4b405cf41203da2678d6e84c
font_02_sfnt_off0001132a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1132A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1