Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e1f62a93df3a8a80…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.3 KB Created: 2021-09-08 07:27:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 18b21028694e7c8d491a4d16be195cd4 SHA-1: 1164f93e03d28932c9e330d4e3f2c2bd3b386687 SHA-256: e1f62a93df3a8a807159bee13d8b42144c35fa60ae6319e6106d6ad79fb74531
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting. This indicates an attempt to host and distribute malicious files, likely through a phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://konberdbio.com/upload/files/10181364475.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27157364017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mvpartners.be/images/uploadedimages/file/bazupuzotafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ecccf701bf---denude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27620da9360d0cd7fa2941824ba6d255/73705605189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ad84b0910be09cf9c5e34e1ede6e1d8/bukudenifarusore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhahangthanghuong.com/uploads/files/tewafenep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0027b90822f73f5f2396b8ccaa4dd875/89107521440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drstevealbrecht.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/002474d6587f9377e7487d60bdb24168/wuvod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fst-uinsu.net/userfiles/files/bubil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161141f79af59f---80644321776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akicgiyim.com/userfiles/file/tazupujodulofaduveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba48f29e488---sixukoxovepalaguniwubovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b2f6043b5d---saboxeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sonnenheizungen.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/48864626299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://55thocscompany.com/clients/62662/File/kobutipebedikav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be432fdaed5---81039179302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijtm.in/userfiles/file/wufuxif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ctsgroups.asia/images/file/tojagowamupuvaliva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuha.be/_files/file/5566347827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neoneophytou.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27373631441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f619c19b2---37156329734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8b48173931---kumokuguvuxokal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=diyar+e+dil+novel+download+pdfPDF 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_off0000c737.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC737 10492 bytes
SHA-256: 0c06ad19bcb0e485bf5c33d1ffc4fc80308f843ff6ae05337cffe1e5750278ac
font_01_sfnt_off0000df2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF2A 17416 bytes
SHA-256: f7870798764c1441f3f433330184e0a8ecd77af34702d32b0788f9f29fb698d5
font_02_sfnt_off00010bd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BD6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1