Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e1fa59b5d174f87c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.5 KB Created: 2021-07-15 10:27:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: a64534e3d698d6b1694cac8feb58da4c SHA-1: 1b4f55294878f53f632f5f4ae80cb7ffda9cf041 SHA-256: e1fa59b5d174f87caf0b13836610dfd427f34c7dbb14e515eb579a37c3385fd7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or link farm attack. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9926

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=game+of+thrones+a+storm+of+swords+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5qdfn062ovpun2muv71ksiok9u/pojegekamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fygl.net/uploads/file/162227407708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suachuaspa.com/upload/images-content/files/82985027703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74g5cpbrmrsnfi860slsm6fgq1/28370432226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tfh-filter.hu/_user/file/36235600779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607546b7d61ac---63042272186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agendaalzheimer.org/files/galeria/files/roruxavibuved.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sonnenheizungen.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/gilap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aftaplan.com/works/peepsparty/html/upload_files/file/gubokewigunoxigekejud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ballmillfactory.com/d/files/juvovusubadafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nmrngdg9a1a32gl6pqf4p79cdh/fukedebajoxunebapikagov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb7bd277953---14477342906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humboldthighclassof79.com/clients/1/19/19f040aad945c40a0acbd79abd3dc6cb/File/kizamezumajujupunugetaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charlesstreetvideo.com/userfiles/file/48758457770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scro.ru/pic/file/rireroforupunuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadgatecapital.com/userfiles/file/laxopidajodigotep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.treehousecare.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160728c8a51886---nukix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608caf10a4289---diwobogotiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.abcklima.hu//data/editorfile/31583030081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcc913ab1ee8e141a29824c56d9be9a6/48152825384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aktifbant.com/resimler/files/pabagirak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a36fba1c6f10978537898ed83e450fb/85529612407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210506165809518060z93z1f.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a23219768a4---1614928128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00012fd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FD6 18344 bytes
SHA-256: d71c75f62033ebafeeb73b9956ad89e7a37dd5959d15245f4d9bf53642ef41a7
font_01_sfnt_off00015ff9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15FF9 10752 bytes
SHA-256: 9cd8fb0abb9ca2555367853a0a5d96b7ed60e1da5ec0b76f631704f0b4f884f0
font_02_sfnt_off0001789b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1789B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1