Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 62e7ef38ce258fec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 10:31:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 82ca2b432ae055a9fcfe29f5c5bc1947 SHA-1: ee8641473a0ef315b402eed4ae4cedb7e6f9d5b5 SHA-256: 62e7ef38ce258fec84474ceb55c78f44a5f7d05728e1d2629f473dea382a5379
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4af160ad8f646b7d289cc69e02f27192/zobugozogasevamukib.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://geluidsadviesnederland.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ropik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32e7141c61fc221b60fb3e5d3bd4defe/zisujozojanogijisukeropew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073a7a3c1678---vudixinijufasemuguluma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c055577d1d3---48145606795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oishisushigd.com/uploads/files/21538328165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashmeredreams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a8c13a0c0a3d25132b65e51fc6e2fc2/wifemuriwadepibapemeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/757bdc1b55e99608fc93bf7941998626/fexunogefoleni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ef562400da---wegosebojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/17476714880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j8vd5prbg3bgl1i1vn1mejb25q/88963758312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://h-st.nl/bestanden/files/95896962988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4677318a83f590fc2d33b8f820568451/velujivuzepovasegifaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/rufapobenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primehorseproperty.com/userfiles/files/98154758969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f487f5c720890d84c56046136182fb4/wibivafazebulelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sport-zavora.cz/data/file/jafitadetitame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097467ec17f1---tawenixataga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/006e62199ea80cbabd4b0478549bf512/mowutikujemofajeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7rjf882krnhprv8rngosm9kfe4/53796023803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czdashan.cn/uploadfile/file/2021051120245373499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digidatadecolombia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b56127eebf64be20f3eb9289c762dbf0/3014243782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0b46a70a07450fc1e0ee779cf9bf0a7/sujepiwasesozisevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=characteristics+of+neoclassical+agePDF 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_off0000ef93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF93 10648 bytes
SHA-256: 9741a6b4ddef7b00a5a39694a7ee825455e2b13036409f94d73a3d21f65dc08f
font_01_sfnt_off000107ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107EF 17276 bytes
SHA-256: 0037a74a6f1567745e0da0f4e5841fd144fe83b5a1436f333a7263ece9fbebff
font_02_sfnt_off00013435.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13435 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1