Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e11ef237e7542b42…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.8 KB Created: 2021-09-16 21:50:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: b71395d98c6d537e2b1cfa52419e3b1b SHA-1: f735c57bbf4eaeac18de5ca563bba3f09e8f818b SHA-256: e11ef237e7542b42095d377f0426310e3083f57e3d8da87c852e30b61520e9bc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a large number of URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hide+app+lock+download+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161301393004b4---83296676897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613986deb5dab---24127704132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70hu2gmk3okikie6elhvpksb82/sifivan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tochalco.com/uploads/files/nefabilujidufana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vwtint.com/userData/board/file/59628571678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f25519dc394f2a98113f80465bc4724f/zitiletil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgkno.cn/upload/58571360939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinawin-consult.com/userfiles/38043989175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emiem.pl/public/upload/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tujetajew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villkasz.hu/editor_up/84141650599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katour.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95287421055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namlinhchisapa.com/userfiles/image/file/60697553747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baovethanglongmb.com/upload/files/dokiludizokem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thestarbusan.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210904_DFB7FF3B6F7EB188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportsht.com/userfiles/file/17767567446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gkia.org/kingkong/userfiles/files/memobetekovalejapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akiisushi.com/uploads/files/tidapowijijaxelojuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://checopharma.com/upload/files/wajumidoxagufijebotasuduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----0tbbbfo0f.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/fikuxiraxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scsk12.org/policy/files/files/14921425094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soyana.de/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zonikogadubefadolisokulin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161371686284d3---6280982378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161325bf03322d---tolem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fashiongale.ro/userfiles/files/31759412837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesundezellen.com/neu/userfiles/file/66395298691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000c90b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC90B 10312 bytes
SHA-256: 12f0b184d165cc046aea1c56fd93153b4ec3684bd36c9f37266e9531c4692405
font_01_sfnt_off0000e056.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE056 17376 bytes
SHA-256: 927a61bf990977949dcb7f7a75c3a9b7208bcb9d85cb1827a15221511a0f2bd6
font_02_sfnt_off00010d54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D54 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1