Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e005e4d0d873b813…

MALICIOUS

PDF

110.1 KB Created: 2021-08-18 02:30:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 385aeb79bd423cc8be5af78ae618d807 SHA-1: 317fa1fae088fdb7ef64f0d1d14d97e9b90f2dd9 SHA-256: e005e4d0d873b813cdccfe9edc9912ee3ffa6febbd8465107e3ed1c32cea2d08
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a significant number of external links, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://krakowska98.com/zdjecia/fck/file/peloniw.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sanmargholidays.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72666983708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa32783acfe---94214081981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41e8717faba2312e6423b5cf368ec818/51842372972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ty6600.com/userfiles/file/zomamezidewitufivewixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hondamienbac.vn/userfiles/file/38769372233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atphp.ch/userfiles/file/3307164672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alhs1973.com/clients/64426/File/xarijeworapajujolobebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgpreceptor.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/palut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ge6i3t4i26upfgikq3e3jjlne/3657536184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ldkxzzs.com/images/userfiles/file/19507653848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blindnow.com/userfiles/file/88696999580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078654e3114e---japopekolagodimawiketewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zutubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16d5a63j5526rgvb4rbgu2ljpt/86963145796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160729fbce3d80---jipasijibinudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/613b2e9bde34ecec51f2fec0f2b41d49/65507656209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hourinkan.net/js/upload/files/78767879430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmimar.com/royal/userfiles/file/27657980249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/9832365380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608012cc9c714---57720563239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f6b7a01f52---88797378861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077e64706872---76727976418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=fender+hot+rod+deluxe+reviewPDF 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_off00014a7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A7E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00016295.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16295 10348 bytes
SHA-256: ed44b0f2cc396dcab2d6cddfc880f7303d486463cbf16377bb377bb171e8445c
font_02_sfnt_off000179d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x179D8 18848 bytes
SHA-256: 72d5d628cc4b5488d2f2be520f5a13d5ea72eb0e883a422a2a4e12b74de29b26