Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e1b7c7ee1ba618e4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-07-09 10:42:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: d2a7d66893d1b20dc4fbe9e6d75ef596 SHA-1: 65f3939e930e183620cd5f0da73ec7baebe14bab SHA-256: e1b7c7ee1ba618e4235565e33429e308048bbb4eeefebf18feb87218fd24e22a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, directing users to potentially compromised or disposable hosting sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://kingsauto-bar.com/js/upload/files/16911722887.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160872de991e88---23171230086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e508eb6eb2d---xofemak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bachova-terapia.sk/images/file/tususakuwuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092b80bbcc3e---kubadetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a116c877c22---napaforiratozilademodiror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/epnpptus60pief96c7jg4ult37/2176897601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://28777886.com/Lpf/UPFILE/userfiles/files/33932465180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094cd56c5f0c---tivenolonegeduregib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://macabrey-luthier.fr/data/Files/zopobugajuzukaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heldermusic.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tajidepapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelonamedicalcenter.com/files/galeria/files/najuzawuzufosatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080902fa1c26---54385616678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avision-italia.com/userfiles/files/35207531955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bladmedyczny24.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21143a39d4aa59a99f970cf4f653b0aa/tanesidujolajivozenubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acgroupenterprise.com/userfiles/file/tonofonoxitifomezifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/prsn7b90p4t8k81573kgb54sem/65668448431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bea0dd08e94---puniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcb669f1b3a---98262304511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607129ef69a11---66217611500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dda1b164726659d996e8cadd90e2d662/belix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlproduct.com/userfiles/file/takitebebilodezimubizal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/418eac4dda9fc034d9b002d3af935a6a/31174149278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressheating.com/userfiles/file/xobirulafiworivorex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.houstonorientalrug.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1573249356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bpabv.nl/uploadfiles/file/83059277359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=knotting+a+threaded+needlePDF 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_off0000e925.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE925 10352 bytes
SHA-256: 4b8ec6ce3b737e59686556bf3707059dd6a20e5b074accdf33c7e3de3183d1c8
font_01_sfnt_off00010036.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10036 16600 bytes
SHA-256: 9662825b68a930540a75042110a731f44932b7c5cea422bf21f3a68b5e152074
font_02_sfnt_off00012bc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BC4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1