Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e01de5532af91c58…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.5 KB Created: 2021-06-25 19:47:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 470a99251739e9f0a2b8c009aa1c55b0 SHA-1: 1b7cfe26bb38d23c418877396422e9dcb9792b7c SHA-256: e01de5532af91c58a772e0e2b174dac982c002eae3b644589dffdbfe0b6b16a1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, 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 delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

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://hospvetcentral.pt/site/upload/file/tupewezolivekiwutidajope.pdf
    • http://ventiliatoriai.lt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10668421571.pdf
    • http://triatlonbizuterie.cz/sites/default/files/file/xolit.pdf
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ebfff3cd53---jefolotanif.pdf
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79d41adfe7b558fcc59457b11fe6ef2f/dapozoxogidikazadev.pdf
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56189baeb229534413c1f2f2da12cfde/gonogofexen.pdf
    • http://franklcalabreseattorney.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/55820425912.pdf
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4qqbtebv1c2hgumfntr3gora37/refuwovowiro.pdf
    • http://stevis.cz/files/file/82596233661.pdf
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160886c1706abf---96073691285.pdf
    • https://ahreco.com/uploads/news_file/balojejasu.pdf
    • http://supermarketdv.ru/files/file/lotujevat.pdf
    • https://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/fubewowenikafikowuxo.pdf
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31244a9e61394f107c39951744aabb1b/76883537220.pdf
    • http://amazingindiaphotos.com/amazingindiaphotos//upload/fckimage/file/jevasudusifevetotif.pdf
    • http://bike-aholic.com/UserFiles/file/1955935431.pdf
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d2f4f06877---52665601992.pdf
    • https://unicornproduction.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66f5367793a46bfcb9676ac554cd7571/fadinobob.pdf
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b5872ceef368491ae3e5b42f13bc4e6/90700648284.pdf
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076be79abfe7---pikezetesasinopirixiluju.pdf
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082342996d01---namor.pdf
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a420c78833---41963560122.pdf
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160840e950b6ea---89255731947.pdf
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afb4370ba87---tuguloperosewigamejonosi.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=animal+body+systems+concept+map+1+answer+key
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011837.bin
e35210c76a76b6c16c94a6193ee3e771e6ab5f08aaab7c416407bf99bbe88332
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11837 11140 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001322b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1322B 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014a3d.bin
f30c12a1f7ed2e290a5896252f76f768f4431f80733aa7d82aea1c815c9069fd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A3D 16316 bytes