Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e0a420c0c2945ed7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 10:20:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 1b517c94abac777e684d8450a9e4dfd5 SHA-1: 9ec4ac94868bd26e030a05910f2658c9c36c9a2c SHA-256: e0a420c0c2945ed732a101d7e3a278ece0e51800fb19a8f5c2702ec380a30f2f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to lure victims. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to further obfuscate the redirection or initiate a download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vre8jvd89jsqcds2sp41uiq7ui/lofawetoxezifu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/gemesed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edbea1b6fa5---wujimasenurumeruto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c02666ad833---93365081463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/1608f47aa81cc4---7256719230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burattinojatek.hu/userfiles/file/gapililemalezedufamebuzar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vetcasatenovo.it/userfiles/files/ramolejozojukewafed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/553d277434ff8486a196f6913281b275/dozaparemixarib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16a315185fad366cb0c223076cfd2735/75973556442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saint-party.com/media/file/83947607585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlxzkj.com/uploads/file/252159489679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce7a684fd64---darulosodalepimubilal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zohopinler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/bagajowelotalaxeriwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gryfarmerskie.pl/pliki_wyswig/files/jegaxewobasotewumar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c92e9dd73c1aee0b0d9503b837e51178/77428047866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquarium-kochi.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57686506927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0bec69f468---5921503033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thisissati.com/userfiles/files/59914042100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fanaf.com/article_ressources/file/58050184539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ashioke.com/images/library/File/30492530400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://larioenergy.net/uploads/file/rufugilejiwarapebejak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bq9c7kdseaq4pit4dpvr3tai36/7559444984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stcforanebanglore.smcim.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/remipujisedawowefobami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6779dd353acb24847ca7d30b8eb1f8c/44640993472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=another+word+for+short+trousersPDF 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_off0000d418.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD418 18712 bytes
SHA-256: c7d0c867399b56ccc04f5af544b6ff7aa45ea0e64bbff80b1938c0d6a5badd46
font_01_sfnt_off000104fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104FE 10320 bytes
SHA-256: 88e0b0c3677a6faffd91d98fe5d00a3d05ab7827f0578ddbcbbc7f1cbb273ab6
font_02_sfnt_off00011c52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C52 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1