Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e1fc0322060675e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-09-22 11:28:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 6a59623567c9ccb9663b356200f5f7ca SHA-1: 11369463eda9813bbde5c726dd00983ae1a8ce75 SHA-256: e1fc0322060675e066138efffe3ce9737318a859a2a17175e59339e3ab4e40e0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm with numerous external URIs, many pointing to disposable hosting or compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a phishing or SEO manipulation scheme. The embedded JavaScript stream, while not directly analyzed for specific actions, is a common vector for malicious PDF exploitation. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 http://business-plan-capalpha.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/xitijewun.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143074e7d9bc---lanugitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faizleathergloves.com/userfiles/files/77234865651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoadon-dientu.net/images/files/7909287702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64626f1cd27aec558bb953f04677cdd9/manirojum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bualuang101.com/backoffice/upload/files/12068416510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razdolle.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hiffrftqpmuj42a953vijqt9u2/41618419363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerpathrecruitment.com/swapscan/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/poliperinabilosupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-pluset.com/userfiles/97953434294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maryalo.com/userData/board/file/kesasopuzinawoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161412c0216e0a---wulokazukijirakusob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seas2010.cienciaevida.pt/site/upload/file/memifom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://privatecambodiatour.com/userfiles/file/fanibal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cichanski.com/Upload/file/71484821959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc021.com/userfiles/file/20210903054750_k4xc95.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ev-owners.jp/userfiles/files/30977633169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konakelektrik.com/userfiles/file/6097259059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiapelhrimov.cz/UserFiles/File/62111055321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujieshubao.com/zk/UploadFile/file/2021091802064273499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artofsurfing.com/preview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dotefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acupunctuuryao.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gijatuzudumoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dwallacelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/5116619228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ncdesign.it/userfiles/files/35157059805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mhzsolutionz.com/userfiles/file/90463582417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://train-in-japan.com/images/blog/file/61097132437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=1000+free+instagram+followers+trial+without+human+verificationPDF 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_off0000cecb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCECB 11112 bytes
SHA-256: 3a8ca14c4c652390aee83935a6128d398ad95b1915d35be5ecc578e0a767c9fb
font_01_sfnt_off0000e8a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8A9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000100bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100BB 18080 bytes
SHA-256: 79b5de6459723c356315800b5bc39d180fcaaed4bf87a3c7b932ee69210f504e