Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e1bdca2721400d21…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-14 08:08:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 57c3de6c92ff6014eebb69a3207c8a1e SHA-1: 132c1b08d9d6c9585f1051a8b647569035b734f8 SHA-256: e1bdca2721400d21731f3cfda76ac4b023517d85c7072a053e7ed700783a1220
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple heuristics indicate it is part of a link farm pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery via the embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://eiffelflowersquesnel.com/userfiles/file/66145929849.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kahasat.cz/data/file/timulizow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nullemont.fr/nullemont/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84964989244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gasthaus-steinkirchen.de/img/editor/file/genurojajopelakudubodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://willmarareachamber.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46911223040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cb440b450c---pefibidedovorasivokuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ko67ntkgp5poaocqpjn85p5nru/14027932284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130ce035b913---606834492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136c66cb137e---47368407344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodtraefarm.com/ckupload/files/rokiponagase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisaarkinlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/voguwusidesubatugineketak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cmflower-kkc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kabusowifivakepeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myparrotfood.com/user_files/files/jijamojularexitafod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joy05.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/21774980212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domadoma.cz/userfiles/file/muxixunododaxujutofemow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuhao-tech.com/userfiles/file/sosagalojewinul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ef4c0344da---80952811806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lecachet.fr/docs/files/kuvimovejexozojezuwepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaishachuukobuhin.com/js/upload/files/kavikujiwasewosexobeduru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nghiencuuykhoa.com/uploads/userfiles/file/molaxavewiledos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hk-sai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sanijekonowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divorce-difficile.fr/userfiles/file/gibidivuxixikotesisaliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136623fe6af1---jemurefulanufibizixijos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://de.ruben.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pufutaxetubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biblioteka-belzec.pl/upload/files/jekogovapes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rentcar888.com/uploads/files/202109090424034312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=stick+cricket+premier+league+hack+apkPDF 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_off0000e3b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3B2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBC4 16932 bytes
SHA-256: bd0da25b232a06724eaf9369a773e114a700aee5d58724ab273a9427e8bc0158
font_02_sfnt_off000127d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127D7 10696 bytes
SHA-256: fb0676b45fc0ae1d55055813dbe744a70430276ac2f8ef04a88b803ec1c6ec0d