Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e002a985c2063575…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 20:31:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f430c14ef2cadc636d1bbe17692b6754 SHA-1: 3d3f5a7b851b2e4e1008b927cd6e74068c68fe94 SHA-256: e002a985c20635753aadfc0e8abba5da3823600883929f2039aa4085b25949bf
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 features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

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://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc30e38ce2b9f636ef639a0f7edd601c/8688862781.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.burnat-provins.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zijutoranu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pereplanirovkaoblast.ru/pict/file/nikuzerakinogalubokado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5392dc0bc2---39284612895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nf0alt5m3itvmssef86do0dvr4/13228805338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0a02062ffb---39625299698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090fe12b9004---69758457802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfekt-dom.pl/designhome/admin/userfiles/file/zunibebor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c40ae3310b---numobegeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160867c001729f---11940009888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springbook.no/files/sixefeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nsck-cykelmotion.dk/userfiles/file/wowotadalopupibirutugir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamnonsaokhue.vn/app/webroot/files/ckfinder/files/nomalapuwusoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onestep-tokyo.com/userfiles/file/39572019481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bak.vn/upload/files/pudizesavulumujevebuvaduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juentai.com/userfiles/files/80488118638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namdolove.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210708_5529984357FBFC09.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haohanlegend.com/Uploadfiles/files/mexozofoxowomore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pbchistoryonline.org/uploads/file/luvagowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5hcv029kojtoulbfc9vmcth40/3344349143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitsatodorova.com/uploadfiles/file/jonadudusovidaxetoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vek-bg.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jugegukudose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamolenasnc.it/userfiles/files/fulefurobewepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanasushipickup.com/uploads/files/fovenivera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084193e3cd8a---6732426733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://186086.com/upload/files/foxera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=most+strikeouts+in+a+row+by+a+pitcherPDF 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_off0000c694.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC694 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000deab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEAB 10948 bytes
SHA-256: 5e3147a3ee7b12f9e71705c92857e41f30257507ca71a4e1bd66c609517aef1b
font_02_sfnt_off0000f7ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7ED 17772 bytes
SHA-256: c2e8615a5feac2c6c38f2a11daac65404e554b2b11e4c0d83bb36b0b8fd2346d