Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b0e339409e45552a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-10 17:06:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 6ce1ec130c3e127243a0a03d926d42a2 SHA-1: 6937588cd3847b4275d761e244b35254420ed2c3 SHA-256: b0e339409e45552ad094df9fe5f8a5bc1a68e49a75850ef5a2250d2762bc9974
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript and external links suggest an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content or download additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pre+suasion+robert+cialdini+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dqeh06gn05qns92jfijmcjjvj4/fajel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aisne.proximeo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69661214695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anapro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16255804377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ofly.om-digitalsolutions.cn/upload/files/93518318091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marmetal.cevhertemizlik.com/userfiles/files/89370215795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unicorn.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73895442265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baschin-heizung.com/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/fevidejewowevivomewimavif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snp-ent.com/files/fckeditor/file/1354295728613355ac7cce6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613797f15f170---9280028648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zlzljc.com/uploadfile/file///2021090221491083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weekendtripskolkata.com/userfiles/file/veziwikexobipes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawyergz.net/uploadfile/files/muvugikalunesuwizexovawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161368644e535d---34280817026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cytairtool.com/test/userfiles/file/20210909_c1923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://novitas.ro/files/lorodano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinwoosmc.com/userfiles/file/18559203706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieseam.org/userfiles/files/folibenumaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dinskayarealty.ru/media/file/lapasupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yyfxsw.com/upload/files/dadetanidamisire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tasarimak.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11263891879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/49869388286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hla.vn/upload/files/74921712094.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_off0000e2ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2AE 18064 bytes
SHA-256: fdedd115a54c829b57ae45395328f9141992649753cb86e3ba244630100df775
font_01_sfnt_off00011111.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11111 10856 bytes
SHA-256: 9e5edf1fc34b22aab62f35c9089ec9b855b8caf71f09f75b4d4a30384966f2a2
font_02_sfnt_off00012a0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A0B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1