Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e03e023783ab872e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.7 KB Created: 2021-09-29 07:02:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 917ff001978d7157ef59e99a91526f37 SHA-1: 92ff930488095f893fd8ec70a2dcd1aabaf23928 SHA-256: e03e023783ab872efdb836a411d04a395242b36242cf2dfc0e4e1e08e1b298ed
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external links, including one hosted on a compromised WordPress upload directory. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites or the download of further payloads, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://bmw-zona.ru/uploads/file/gufatev.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://occahomesearch.com/userfiles/files/53052374464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://funkyspa.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rezowebopasude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ateliergermain.net/sites/default/files/file/23120707250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicareclinichowrah.net/faboriginelist-braj/userfiles/file/jaxaxidaxadiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spellenindex.nl/images/uploads/42052541386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlinetalk.jp/app/webroot/img/fckfiles/file/44039089803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charlesstreetvideo.com/userfiles/file/86257359321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135ac9bddf72---lugagol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanaspinler.net/calisma2/files/uploads/95384991019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebcfd12eb8d6f3b40b8ea22c3dfbea8a/83895766831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguyenthaotech.com/upload/files/fanelitedoxobovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peak-experience-europe.com/images/blog/file/bugup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e39b899850---xawidoburujogej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614f2a4aee5d1---luxawodogafodepenasese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://typeone.com.my/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mopugevazeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chizclean.ru/files/fck/file/67103503845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservativista.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93296751069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-inter.com/file_media/file_image/file/11602199203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sukhayurveda.in/userfiles/file/xuxabusejuxopem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shepardinteriordesign.com/rw/upload/file/92096804740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g4q6sqigi2q84qi8llfsqq18b0/65903141955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+connect+phone+to+mi+tv+with+usbPDF 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_off0000aee8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAEE8 16680 bytes
SHA-256: f77aed1969ffb9591fc3b6d9086850e86b12fc1d53b93c57ff075da4198d152a
font_01_sfnt_off0000d96b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD96B 10712 bytes
SHA-256: d23e0a0dca1903cbf56d302813470670a8083aad0fd050ed259c7d12f01db5da
font_02_sfnt_off0000f19f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF19F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1