Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e1588042cb0cf5ee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.5 KB Created: 2021-09-09 13:01:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 937cb313de997bf4f717e772ffb985a7 SHA-1: d1d1b1b1780a2a36950987de4740338e4f4fe824 SHA-256: e1588042cb0cf5ee7ed6f31085376dc3e6fffc2a45f2dca6e9b8f6e4cfefa0e0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. The file also includes numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of embedded JavaScript and the nature of the URLs indicate an attempt to redirect the user to potentially harmful content or initiate further downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://erpsamik.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/verelodi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.dooleysnaturalgas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81939911912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhopalliteraturefestival.com/mpsdp/uploads/files/pibidavifelepixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.artefuoricentro.it/js/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dadoserivudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alident.centralcms.cloud/galeria/files/disepefivomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/333375b0920058a8a05eceddd5800eb9/74999691175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krukewittfarms.com/userfiles/file/38539716096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euroteam.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jewuxuxifab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161367f6716e3c---xomopuwevazutukoduwinejob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rm-centr.ru/uploads/file/50251409601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/161393b0066e82---11096066487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bocghebinhduong.com/media/ftp/file/90282089273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuontoanthang.com/media/file/nadopizunosejos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smolninskayahotel.com/userfiles/file/rizezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://torgoborud.org/images/file/62673085953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukhatirhomes.com/userfiles/file/gotizuxupekelofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lyna-garage.com/htdocs/cljr/data/files/wixafubipuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enerjimakine.com/tsrm1/img/userfiles/file/xabanesag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.loscam.com/lib_common/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56808072760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dreamscar.eu/userfiles/file/54964721644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rothemtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210908_DA9D99A08054B226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vector-luczak.pl/new/fck_user_files/file/83157460592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happinessgown.com/upload/users/files/52977898438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pampa.be/uploads/userfiles/files/80828948476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://istanbulballoons.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8684807675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+unlock+the+pattern+passwordPDF 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_off0000befe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBEFE 19472 bytes
SHA-256: c20545cc3d319eb34cd0671826ae32d44f995dedefdf1e68034fcf701443b000
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF93 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000107aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107AA 10788 bytes
SHA-256: 8a6a4d4083b8a2525e9582bef0e79851186bcaa26a19ff4d468e56ab46b52861