Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2e4cf97eb1dc2112…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 07:00:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 7f7a3e87f7f1ebf815b4b9b6cbf1c006 SHA-1: 99acb508f246061f891352d3c094ab135f5ec38c SHA-256: 2e4cf97eb1dc2112b1a9b2d39253d691d8f11593866c40070b462a93a7310cf4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple external URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware download sites. The embedded JavaScript is a primary mechanism for this redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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 http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a787253674c---10039415375.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://subded.org/userfiles/file/81755522384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c532b212e051d6869584737b6658e86/93810941338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukhatirhomes.com/userfiles/file/xagizufib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laetitiabernard.fr/images/file/59411379279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsg-vaganovskoe.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vozaxofip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgpeo.pl/users//file/lomevisojajekudomagafuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmosimpex.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wemako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newchat.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92503618158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c853c5d5ce---90457340133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charteriraq.ir/basefile/charteriraqir/files/38470705221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ethiquedevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/209abaedb8d7858d362c8ff6496d43bc/putokijulabapuwozif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16112ba557f50d---zedoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canavesiobruno-architetti.it/userfiles/files/tasaruwezetefifox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://njf724.com/basefile/janatalnajafcom/files/vazatitubeset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jnvhardoi.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92712190358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://narcisse.sk/editor_uploads/files/47486627909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tumonjfk2020reunion.org/clients/f/fe/fe8b949e9fe7e5065ccade199761aacb/File/44049155950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4544ccc98d---56301530091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alixdemassy.fr/userfiles/file/serepapisawalodekaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldaserwis.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nalagigapok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pwr-tech.ru/userfiles/file/68618992053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=meaning+of+intercroppingPDF 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_off0000e515.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE515 17016 bytes
SHA-256: e7a51233662b89316412f77f604cc82b95f2777790d895a266d9a70fb5cb3709
font_01_sfnt_off00011184.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11184 10436 bytes
SHA-256: 7864b0b3efc601ad082d521d0062bb2ad6ac02fa2c7b68937860f10841394513
font_02_sfnt_off00012950.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12950 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1