Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 de1d0ea88c6b50ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 22:08:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 761731d346b5af171b92b5fde0fdf1c2 SHA-1: 56a8fdc1efc58b83bec8f4099a229f28849c53eb SHA-256: de1d0ea88c6b50adc2eec9ae204ae0e17397bea6e1d6e4dd8d1cb24c6ab21332
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 WordPress upload directories. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=recycling+of+plastic+evs+project+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe0e232c63b---34245240875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulf-rope.com/images/bulk_images/files/nizolukugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinafunnels.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83rvb4r17dt9t37r78i1g53dua/waribazopalupevakimisopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hjtech.org/admin/upfile/file/tesikenatuvarapun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c0b8e5190c---10319935951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secureyun.cn/uploadfile/file///2021080416445594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611a48da0df87---8724644785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ndt-ultratech.com/files/sopolowoxujizoxupagite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lighthouse-connection.at/myPix/file/xijoboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportsht.com/userfiles/file/mexedolurazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvugiayphep.net/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/9950940299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daleplumbinginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3e0ab746db1aa5f57add3dd9a6bbe1a/bezigav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foodzipo.com/uploads/userfiles/files/xaxiwodapuwukel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluetact.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/koruzozivino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/timamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyteepee.com/uploadfiles/file/210722073817203937j2zcz8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tovicetour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210813_095394C3830766BF.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e35197c5fb1---subulad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f2a0acc3b5d24976a5798f88bd5f608/xezozakubupabamomid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trungtinjsc.vn/upload/FCK/file/95172021174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mayjack.com/upload/files/54041296846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitarasign.ir/data/file/36847672864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alrafeef.com/faisaliya/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dusozibogunatugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e274745c97d68d5c9927ce959b030052/desojosaguvuvosajud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75a4b94d287c834acf415e5f75fb97d2/9834116965.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_off00010fbb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FBB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000127cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127CD 18032 bytes
SHA-256: 459d8882b578ad910105a8a70e2325670b5b9842cae06b779b17dfd7624c29f1
font_02_sfnt_off000156a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x156A7 11152 bytes
SHA-256: f6c20b79a07cfdb7301c8e0b67d39cea2be09f995df6d2af0936397af46d3e3d