Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e071ef21be2da2f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-14 09:30:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: f1a4383928e188da58017a32e3544585 SHA-1: a68673aa79a050e37d7fc9cb4d50d4b6925a64c6 SHA-256: e071ef21be2da2f6a10ab6cc1a4c66325c718d6c76284e24b79b34c800c0f2fa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u24qq5sin8lvpaohr4ijgmmhcl/suxid.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r733502vrqccig0osfutas4qet/zalupuroravebofukebiseto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alde-pace.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63566090849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cycling-software.com/files/file/1733658689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e58c98aed5---fexikot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f3455d737f---jivonolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sainteuphrasia.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sekuboriji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k85shj16h-561lt.com/contents/files/degejavetizupena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orthopaede4you.de/userfiles/file/pivaman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://powerliteaac.com/userfiles/file/76390827675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaithompson.com/userfiles/file/20703908212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baliretreatcenter.com/olabali_ci/media/images/newsfiles/1916491625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webbuilders.com/files/file/83772669382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faresaldabbous.com/uploads/file/49983138868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yunnanyingxiang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/berodukekodob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.info-service.com.tw/plugin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zubomefalevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friend5190.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8258502587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldplastsolution.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95953130547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lur8k8pok978skgrvt9k6jksmq/kuzunakogogonoxonijef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://papaicountrylodge-longstay.com/user_img/files/vipunijutikevazizosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xingzhongjing.com/userfiles/file/20210914090943_141057004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinariogiardinelli.it/userfiles/files/34407852309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=we+wish+you+a+merry+christmas+jazz+piano+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_off0000debe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEBE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6D0 18388 bytes
SHA-256: 23d10a354f5cebb8da2e665861406b498d0e82e488923137e4149aa167d6a1e8
font_02_sfnt_off00012787.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12787 11324 bytes
SHA-256: f351eb848472b8beffddedce50489424b8aad51dd53509612052649d90469cb4