Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 de9ea3e521293193…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-07-13 23:54:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: e4f84933d3359403e62dee57ac89ad5c SHA-1: f24815b37986155ac5cc7c056db6b58b292a69c3 SHA-256: de9ea3e521293193304313d72b097ff2a7b90925ec9fe4305ee8fccb7859d755
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, pointing to multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://snqrsl.quebec/upload/editor/file/94698670050.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8eb38c765571e06b8787118662dbdfc0/zenobodelujomemovawubujaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096293d5be42---76046349114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrun-arser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/2106230124441115004alz5x.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07f4261c6ac45989c1113dd3a881a9b5/tizopoxufefimoxogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adian.eus/files/galeria/files/1523722297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608732b4d9e2b---55919603679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd474f99bca---rigurerota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cmsschoolkg.org/userfiles/file/48152972591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapsalonindex.nl/images/uploads/37052092268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadeavenue.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba7e28cca008da2ba010fcaaf2d6c89d/bimemitugigavikojoretin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kickcommerce.com/userfiles/file/32499907308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexdisinfestazioni.com/userfiles/files/pubopoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timandlor.com/userfiles/file/donuwerefolapefebaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochi-riba.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jabesosurewaditebitirif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sudburyhighspeedinternet.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07d1f2c9de9239768243df6a1ee1900e/sujitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regmac.net/userfiles/files/giverujubonipar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab3eaeb40ff---sogad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.laterveer-biesenbeek.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/letedazenixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k16nudgpcec5unqmqqc91d4g76/99169942629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikosdimos.gr/userfiles/file/turoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domholidays.com/userfiles/file/95114006739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=the+tell+tale+heart+is+aboutPDF 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_off0000e00b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE00B 17704 bytes
SHA-256: 31af30d0b263cd9269398391f3e473485d60dba77ca553da8b9a402b2d28495e
font_01_sfnt_off00010eba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EBA 10304 bytes
SHA-256: 3ce80b3de430da696403b828ee47f234e0a0a6fd4ba5cbb20379409e60ce564c
font_02_sfnt_off0001261a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1261A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1