Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e1029a011d04435e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.5 KB Created: 2021-07-06 21:19:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ca0a1c3e7f801ff01979c11bdff2ad31 SHA-1: eda2d0eedcad89b49aa7252aaf9587a4c8db143d SHA-256: e1029a011d04435e423e8fc08d495a0804123f57538bc2a79db7be3479de0eb8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or delivering malicious content. It also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, pointing to multiple potentially compromised domains, which is often used to obscure the final malicious destination or to distribute phishing lures. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://sansboundaries.com/clients/f/fd/fde0d4b6b324343791c5f0705b221951/File/41287567712.pdf
    • http://tinavaron.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kijosegigumoluvekux.pdf
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c325e957ec---kevuxo.pdf
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/74499111616.pdf
    • http://cuborh.com/natelinhanew/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zurol.pdf
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b4fc2b6834---rizugotejal.pdf
    • https://www.marvistasales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75db79fb7e7a8be9664977b9de372cbe/70627884718.pdf
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4f3795d92a---50310091538.pdf
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c96313830c5---57266795411.pdf
    • https://shopinhome.com/ci/userfiles/files/19776382293.pdf
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a64032978d---lazigux.pdf
    • http://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090d660e8499---62343444904.pdf
    • http://xboxheerlen.nl/userfiles/file/50985807458.pdf
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac439abfe91---kagisaseratizomitiles.pdf
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c96fbb8d83---24281444470.pdf
    • http://alfavs.eu/userfiles/file/44120345182.pdf
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/rixakirezaresesi.pdf
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bupojunowise.pdf
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pmbjpci68onb16i6cv1i6g13g0/kefamomiginaxe.pdf
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a480aa7b9---juzumazozulaxowedeje.pdf
    • http://aprendanow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1309429be610a00334e26e0172ba6e33/3563578443.pdf
    • http://npxbyy.com/wang3_3_10_27/Upload/Upload/file/2021620177115035.pdf
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba1b2f3c94e---fuzerokumomodedujefi.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+clean+up+vomit+from+carpet
    • 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_off00010c76.bin
2edfb466dabe1b05c57530bf39bea2d107eebb970adb8c4e921d22fc7dddf127
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C76 16800 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000137fd.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137FD 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00015014.bin
387a0352dbab8c230c5b53aac8065aa7e60c572a9ff3e8a0aba892da10c38209
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15014 10716 bytes