Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e01c056bdcb91ee3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 09:51:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 5ad96b9d13d6a5e52162f5eb44235e4d SHA-1: 9cb448580dffef3a95a1b5ca9861198695a7bc62 SHA-256: e01c056bdcb91ee3450824a6e0ccfed8aff6906aaf95e1906660f83ddd3d396f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious or compromised sites, which are presented as a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c62cfe4911ee5517a952c66a4a499256/63126291850.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fiberglasssupplydepot.com/userfiles/file/3218665022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608284737d09c---rawaxujitakoparinuretuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd7c4bc0de9e559f4ab451e385186876/buzejiwolox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventiliatoriai.lt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16301799494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609de9fa3eb4c---fanor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hmconcretemixingplant.ru/d/files/90680168323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vdiu9eb4inb0i8te052kcmfs0d/jakapuzonovakivaruton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086dcb1ee6a6---95590063709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qbebhkm32u1tl2p8l0hl97ob7c/vifakutamaledixilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1b83e414968ff1c4d06203172bc35be/37118312327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://analogsys.com/uploaded/file/1971228008609b1feccf86d.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f10b1000d8bbd39a40f622fb4350fa55/zadirataxuzila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b89de656546---11840103397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irk-yoga.ru/upload/files/25684810776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tz5168.com/uploadfile/image/2021/05/17/file/20210517_093256_185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shipnhanh247.vn/asset/files/japupitolosakesop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084eb6c10fe4---63661138579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panziofabian.hu/fck_kepek/dukosapibujovaxoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davaocarrental.com/images/file/36857566020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ifa-astrologie.de/userfiles/file/59313875432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161116dd613b59---72016950777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taispacedesign.com/upload/files/76218395579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608181d653d11---38425712595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=online+compress+small+pdfPDF 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_off0000c7ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7AE 17316 bytes
SHA-256: 3a2022e392e8d7a1bc5be1f4f8631f2b93f2e1fba4e488f8fe54d94df21d5a47
font_01_sfnt_off0000f462.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF462 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010c79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C79 10708 bytes
SHA-256: 0d99b3b69e8fc69f0cf4db0ecd8a011a6d58c6177fd81327a418fc78c6bd31ab