Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e1dc61ae5d54f198…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.3 KB Created: 2021-09-24 21:04:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f6958f8df81e580027aa9a9531c6fcc9 SHA-1: 76eb63107424827b6b42cc37dc01b2df173f0a8f SHA-256: e1dc61ae5d54f1987a7ed8fbc6aecdffae582f8ddcf2ed2fcaa8c5731067cca6
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and is structured as an image-only document with action triggers, typical of a phishing lure. It redirects to multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to download further malicious content or phish credentials. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://chinasoftcore.com/userfiles/file///92229458456.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tatooazh.ru/files/files/18044151187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adice-area.com/pictures/files/69881174813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diakmelo.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wabukinelujinel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sindonis.com/userfiles/file/96703477329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trade.inter-ural.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53984271046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingkady.cn/uploadfile/files/rowopijekatesevil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/stm1gb1el9g83tg0hvn69blo40/55519494608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f88caac913204503fd0c26e07f01553/45702592230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cioccolatogallucci.it/userfiles/file/21831547546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e048d891203a4ca892105a6bafaeb10/kevisokutudisewije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://letnipohar.cz/upload/file/60143584908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalinmobiliario24.com/uploades/fckeditorfile/vijugidenivil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://relaxzenter.com/uploads/files/27540576578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://singlesync.com/userfiles/file/76745861797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajambary.com/userfiles/file/bamekuxudimetolax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabriquetextil.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/17002053692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amidoux-peintures.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2123634513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/isqtta2bvm5gjvvlek9ei48dic/nuxixane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staging-info.sharkovinkom.com/sharkovinkom.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59610815035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoekidsworld.com/userfiles/file/56032327010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crocepadrekolbe.it/userfiles/files/nikuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rzn-house.ru/upload/file/16729889425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamones-luna.shopcloud.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37997724635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://griesvoegwerken.nl/UserFiles/file/beputagipazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnmindia.com/outscapes/admin/ckeditor/uploads/ck/files/xalaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=android+gallery+trash+recoveryPDF 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_off0000b42e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB42E 13904 bytes
SHA-256: 5206f47b572da154be3f32bedbc36dfe9f78a173377d75a819f1081e27767fd3
font_01_sfnt_off0000d67a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD67A 10812 bytes
SHA-256: 51202d34aea4d9250ba928498a56dfa56c461b2f714a9eb4fef52c980f8f809d
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF30 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1