Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 de0fd157adb2e733…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-07-19 08:42:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: b5d0db0a3395b441ee680decf04718fd SHA-1: d813daff618bab03090e8695e2ef5e653a95b34a SHA-256: de0fd157adb2e733780718d035f3b346cf5080926faefeeb9bc5fcde28f41b20
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. This indicates a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely using the embedded JavaScript to facilitate the download of a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://uitvaartverzorgingsindex.nl/images/uploads/25631104749.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6g9q15ju2uslrim8jrs9nmlpdk/jibulovojeline.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lungtransplantopen.com/clients/d/de/de7cc03d42bda6b8b84c8ac9728529bb/File/lupilipovigevebigijovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080e76b2d20b---katoweguveduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01dac02169528c0f5bb246eb4a888d4d/sebokuwivenolokusigago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/453173c8fd7813cab12be7bdb5d3b55a/nosedezakesorezoratibazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soechi.net/userfiles/file/89402565452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhtindesign.vn/uploads/image/files/jimigatese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hssipm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ca0ab9226ae6cd2cc82c1f52ef0c531/bodubujaveritutume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05kc0vml60h4514krs7cfj6q7t/zanazaburonuvukuxijoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bitree.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sazufetetez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bacb602913e---29442007540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082dd0645243---83872766900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10kshot.com/customerinterview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dopomisunosovavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098632d7c33d---52476986846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anjhimayath.com/upload/file/zusetulopusovokidefobunob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf88d5c9001---judamikutig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mea-travel.pl/userfiles/file/xilotagaziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://normandyclassof79stl.com/clients/e/e1/e16d7b8530e96d8d426d6b963c92b0b5/File/65417517746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melhi68.com/clients/69549/File/ronir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160910a46f090f---butuzomipedofipetimibikok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nassagroup.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35520185373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082cd5aa9f61---vijin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scilights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b44018703a8da9f2d9d513c0105c7617/tirakividimema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c6dbc2465c---94858841464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=quotes+for+playing+gamesPDF 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_off0000f724.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF724 17084 bytes
SHA-256: 3ee793dca190e0d7fbac88be681681c188d2289fb0d7e8c3f77d4f8c50dc846f
font_01_sfnt_off000123b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123B6 10976 bytes
SHA-256: 22e2a9a7850f456bb36cbaa659445067b542e640104c2a3659e2dd7feef4f354
font_02_sfnt_off00013d54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D54 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1