Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e028d6c83a4eeb6b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.5 KB Created: 2021-09-25 00:07:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 15c4c7e5a02d68fdbd2febb44c728a01 SHA-1: ee26ee54c8cc2691f98dc01da8b07ab55fe0fd65 SHA-256: e028d6c83a4eeb6b334a457633c9b75017cbad86c56c0e04e903e6214e38e0c6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a phishing lure or download a second-stage payload. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for redirecting the user to one of the malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=planet+email+instellingen+android PDF link annotation
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141edebe6edd---5926146619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robertwestlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/manapelisufojinufali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adm.stikom-db.ac.id/js/uploads/files/xegasimebupitesax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thienminhgroup.com/uploads/userfiles/file/jatodidonagunigej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jeevadhara.org/work/london/userfiles/file/93418229655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oalysa.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xugelalosagomurunomesim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a3c25661a93ebb28fdaa5d3572cab43/xunureboni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espressobuilders.com/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/35100062290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://partetesal.ir/data/file/90372498568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v6k1mg25a4274vg5rmq08o3rr6/7576568323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jungvassar.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/93290532645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://west-holding.com/userfiles/file/12868696828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usagimatur.com/files/others/54865240433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proart.by/media/file/tugokavimadobobugazipav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maymaygiaydachidang.com/upload/files/vobubisazifizesazam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://singlesync.com/userfiles/file/23180109478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adikketiga.com/contents/files/24291061771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alarouba.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10495287516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volareinmongolfiera.it/userfiles/files/7035266856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yibetter.com/data/files/xovavofufubaxaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5ad39b7d9fbd85555dc71366dce4e45/87869903254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giltmorestukko.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dugofafogisomedajope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b8f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB8F3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d10a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD10A 10592 bytes
SHA-256: d8b7c7fc0d1540386c2c5a33fa689490a303fc30366b643bdfdf08882698849a
font_02_sfnt_off0000e8f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8F7 19872 bytes
SHA-256: 9b7d8e9f8df8d3ff35f9c86e9ef0cde6e620039c7b36e4a8fff5810c6bf63fce