Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e0575303390a2158…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-07-02 20:27:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d85bb84faf518f5f401674bce67015e4 SHA-1: 48997ed82fe04d72816490f9a4391a9d49faf3e3 SHA-256: e0575303390a2158442d076d047740f4cae9e44520636e824f02eba2cda1cbe7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities and delivering malicious content. Heuristics indicate the PDF hosts a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final payload destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to download and execute a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://www.ptlittleflower.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68bcc7fgu2echsuoge0m7aj2a3/fakozusimuwemokape.pdf
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bea1cee2e7---wopupagagisufog.pdf
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e29e419ead5a137c48e89692e395aae/37089764420.pdf
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073285a402bc---74567536352.pdf
    • http://sk-massimo.com/js/upload/files/kogajavux.pdf
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e9868e281c4f6fb0156932a11e9912a/wogemomupazanomunezes.pdf
    • http://robertfeinberglaw.com/images/edit_images/file/57400344714.pdf
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160965abe09859---nixaximebigamagajixe.pdf
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vqnp06gp2ha1dfdosunfta3o3u/kajulubuvipefibifop.pdf
    • http://connect-senior.ch/uploades/userfiles/file/fegomokaweri.pdf
    • https://mmszke.hu/files/file/63886344166.pdf
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q62de8s2len8uvnu72hohq19c5/dezelitenumiriresaj.pdf
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087ed25b6d1a---39206785341.pdf
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e36edf763aa924c219bc8d4b4952b576/zoliduzarowubofidomiteje.pdf
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6ebf203f14---48674372439.pdf
    • https://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jctj5hdi2gokr9ihqo9fes4hpn/josiwagosonu.pdf
    • http://hollywoodterrace.org/clients/863344/File/22974201571.pdf
    • https://proxus.nl/file/vedefifugom.pdf
    • http://utuin.net/files/fckeditor/file/28916456808.pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160908b009d65e---wajulasivototu.pdf
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e6ed895de4---31040154709.pdf
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50615f28c575801f6a9687df9d5c6280/21355464096.pdf
    • http://www.biotanika.pl/upload/file/vusodadunas.pdf
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075cd76a26d8---73950763726.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=do+you+drive+stick
    • 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_off0000ec08.bin
41dfd0999c23aebb71b210c391b938c83fed229343d190353797a5db33194cbf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC08 16720 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011792.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11792 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012fa9.bin
8c47ee1942a579ad2ae4514545f6619966fcc816d5670e6aded461d4a02c3899
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FA9 10424 bytes