Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e03d060699c26144…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 01:48:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: ef6257b59cb8147434c9d0dc5213dd6d SHA-1: 9fef3eb8f910da34dd57f4d7b359e88619096f7f SHA-256: e03d060699c26144fc52d885d1b0f574df762507c5408503d0d648cc419fa52a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 https://j26clean.com/upload/files/sinerawanebosesadedipero.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://allaboutdowney.com/userimages/lebogafulaledafik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcceef866eb---fenutabujufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f7ea9c3bd9715197a992eb570b9967b/97365731712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study4student.com/cache/fck_files/file/8809273416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6vak3h52strh1hf2k537r5is0f/23684977939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-ookuma.com/js/upload/files/39489515021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5d3499003a0aa9cb0fb097201d5dbdd/xekadudapepisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fanaf.org/article_ressources/file/reziratete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982eb06b967---vikulikenagire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076648f40281---7471663642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allasclub.com/campannas/file/74152211263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--hjrnskadeakademien-mtb.se/userfiles/file/97223143586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://on-video.com/movies/movie_data/file/nufuxuponibaxelujuxeseso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://annjulieskarpmo.com/userfiles/file/19873941234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chithanhplastics.com/uploads/userfiles/file/dokazaratipuwik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2be84271356801b23cfb39127f7e358a/novesufedemawunitof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tprcindia.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuxevaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6350c5bbd738d2a06277a7c6270ace5e/gogamovigijaredoxigiziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607233eaeab5c---genuvogemamolonemenomor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3f97f03149---89478963059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf0a9385b9f---76203727678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa6c9ebe63c---xafatebivinerosos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photou.cc//ckfinder/userfiles/files/31373090643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srividyaastrology.com/userfiles/file/10914030625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://realcomfort.ru/content/upload/file/fekixewavozazaxibofebal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=solving+equations+with+unknowns+on+both+sides+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_off0000cd0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD0C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e51e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE51E 16588 bytes
SHA-256: 517549b6a86e71e2e79be42ba9b5646d8e579dcb2b95d703d8ee825fad5a70c8
font_02_sfnt_off00011045.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11045 11384 bytes
SHA-256: 63cbf6b34acf907c48347aba269fc0fde6b8763b8b12754f71fdab9205207390