Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e087ed2e456e6d43…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-10-17 19:07:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 0e11c9b79635f248b9bfee4c3aea7ac7 SHA-1: ac97d720d7ae2f3f25e9237906055ecf73f971d9 SHA-256: e087ed2e456e6d43cdb2d03ce916a91fc5dbbe9815c37f42f392b1e6237d1473
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of link farming on disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to manipulate search engine results or redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9781

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.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fcf853555d8e90dbcc2a138af512109/pesadaze.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://factorysales.com/userfiles/files/81032455163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://champagne-marc-chauvet.com/images/files/9786903202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamarchesainterita.be/lamarchesainterita/imgdb/news/files/sinixef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infosierra.es/images/editor/tabapuwulefetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qvvukiplbdhslfhd3o3o33adfn/90806597468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamorenj.com/userfiles/file/zudiwaraleduniwas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourtruck.be/upload/ckeditor/file/nuxosigediw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-oilfieldequip.ru/d/files/dafijatatawupatem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeansresource.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gupudaxawafavififop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://48bulls.com/js/upload/files/88082535947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abrasco.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27083569001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pappteam.hu/userfiles/file/13010485298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bepxuyenviet.com/upload/files/92202829145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16159ca42917a6---37659224201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orthocarecentroortopedico.it/userfiles/files/jexojodosif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goksirlambinowice.pl/img/upload/files/vilufovuzaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daglichtfilters.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67117159411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/al0gov5micsjj8gbsstqi71gp5/dizufesurejuvuzizofivala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wonsakai.com/uploads/files/mewisepexozisoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgemfoco.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21664813938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eia-edu.com/userfiles/file/72635872655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rireenfrance.com/images/upload/files/18476055067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalycity.com/wysiwygfiles/file/zopotixafugawelawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truckersplantparts.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duvugisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135db7d8e620---2190164493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xvkpad/~3/BcFPVxLj4jw/uplcv?utm_term=learn+english+through+story+lost+lovePDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000bf25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF25 10624 bytes
SHA-256: cd3818ace53835487437fdebff65c6d0d5553db50fea590c7240fba548b63f78
font_01_sfnt_off0000d762.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD762 17444 bytes
SHA-256: 7ce9a349487b914e2dd97a972273e294636c45f759bd0d204c5c13f155ec7416
font_02_sfnt_off00010436.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10436 16092 bytes
SHA-256: 9d5144547e0b729630886a3ad3ce48e7da84b0115899dd9c2390406af6f0fecd
font_03_sfnt_off0001197b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1197B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1