Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e1c306265d047293…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-08-23 14:58:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 02da71cb8f16df3e4906f3ec183f21ae SHA-1: d4195fafe2d450abbedc479654ca7351448476d3 SHA-256: e1c306265d0472938355175b668d138e9b920824b4c7437ac42da01da2eb2cf6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or execution of further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://teleinwestor.com/userfiles/file/56548872199.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t7je64sqsf6t1bg2k5eqk78ua2/gabev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hani-bee.com/userfiles/files/purepisir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guclupin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/63523762686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessplan-capalpha.fr/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/11975585299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c5b42bd613330d9ec5b2dc09110fee5/22921458354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d23544b038a---tuvamapesogotuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d08a252dab8---7128584101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0333cbb373215da11cd2b759f10f5d3f/dagelugolakis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bagstyle.uz/images/file/nadifivozos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speaklifeiamgreatness.com/files/files/tikem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/2106251519000898449yv5vx.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mzlpro.com/web/img/podborky/files/xagowazororimesiroratobaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uv0kv916sc0k77uhiiqtf9h1ki/benifegokixorenunumuviju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asustainable.com/global/file/49292861625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sys-svinding.dk/userfiles/file/93131196856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viermaalh.nl/Bottesteyn/Site/afbeeldingen/file/53224070449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/zozukifesofugesulejaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b641f7c75b8---40869058978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dchs80.com/clients/c/cb/cbc185099defa3274d3d4f74835fd64f/File/45103027896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montazerangroup.com/uploader/file/16918261698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalaircrafttech.com/ckupload/files/jonakovuvejezer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sowitech.vn/upload/files/20228123083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a391f44906c---98554256561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=nc+tag+requirementsPDF 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_off0000ebed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBED 10628 bytes
SHA-256: 2783b826788293ce2d82c7d6d4fa06e02857634dee33be2be2ef1dcd2bd57ed8
font_01_sfnt_off000103f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103F0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011c02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C02 16616 bytes
SHA-256: a749f51a77fac7c016554e91bd8319967f90ec090ef3df0f5922b767ccbefd4b