Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4e5e49f0f6b1d5b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-11 11:26:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: e1fdb3c05d5a4458d90b6b89d7187e5f SHA-1: 9c669cb0e09b8177a5c06c522c4f8f4a772a92b7 SHA-256: d4e5e49f0f6b1d5b8cf7ff20445e9d662bba298bb7d1457802e9356f6156b86b
212 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links to external URLs, some of which point to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The presence of a 'download button' lure and the ML classifier's high confidence score indicate a malicious intent to trick the user into downloading a secondary payload. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates this download or redirection process.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9967

Heuristics 9

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://gd-weimi.com/upfolder/e/files/20210909030935.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sikanderajam.com/Robinson/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuputiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-district.org/userfiles/file/78962682296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/360223738b59f25708dc9296309838cb/salogupigimufonizabasudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613936b09f737---dizefol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dtyxbpzx.com/filespath/files/20210901112429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tc-muehlacker.de/data/tcmuehlacker/userfiles/file/35506218991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://air-separation-supplier.com/d/files/xunosafuwowovikejedufevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avsa.org/sites/default/files/images/files/sogagikebigab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://office-agglo-larochelle.fr/userfiles/file/35359241711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garageanything.com/js/upload/files/bamubewanuvejibapum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bdf894991f---fitegiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atletika-pardubice.cz/files/file/rigewosofogivukegawuleze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adikketiga.com/contents/files/84489740778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirche-treuen.de/UserFiles/File/surek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mqq4kededhg31gel9je7n06s78/jobatasevuxefufiratuvub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fanghsin.com/uploads/files/202109092006155911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hkparkkonutlari.com/image/files/kenadedebew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cantellodetersiviprofessionali.it/uploads/file/doruwawoxuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mingzhicc.com/userfiles/files/jadiwumilidoparexetaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twozonechickenlasvegas.com/uploads/files/wofijolalapeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/kefidevepexitozup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedcollisionrepair.com/home/cert/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tazorevedonenatoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nufilm.live/movie/335983In PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=venom+stream+freePDF link annotation
    • http://s250801404.onlinehome.fr/img/uploaded/file/pibuwerijikugafoxa.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_off0000d933.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD933 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f145.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF145 18512 bytes
SHA-256: 6e84ce69954735aab3b0cfbbea08f6e5460fa509581356dc5082750a46ed1de0
font_02_sfnt_off0001215c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1215C 10208 bytes
SHA-256: 7fb9f6a8217fdb067049c5efb282765856be5dc91ab7f61e0f500563751d9717