Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e225ea223b3cc0d9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 13:15:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: a3d245123af4e761b9905d893b38704a SHA-1: aa80df9aa9aa5679823d76e6deea969ae6a5a412 SHA-256: e225ea223b3cc0d94fe66d15891fb3440c53a96384b9a12356fcbe4bdc070e88
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to deliver a second-stage payload via the embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://lauraestetica.com/userfiles/files/42389310352.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://shinaltd.ru/images/file/45532363167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peintures-descours.fr/fichier/files/96919479050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074fa4ac485d---66227688968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160729defabdb0---89370940867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoekidsworld.com/userfiles/file/datigeputakaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160869fd9daf51---tasemopiwesewogudib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diversecityuk.com/userfiles/file/48078498536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8dd679b9d1c051736e14cbd30851e8c/67487881303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0731.com/userfiles/file/20210615205428_kp6434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wccia-vastu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15e000611831fc81933dfc8812b49879/funilenizugafifulokinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zpb-maciejewski.pl/upload/fck/file/65112027665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a14a99a006e14a0a07ad8c815def4fa0/75739735538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mh68sora246iccsdi7h0kpo0ls/felasalovilojinegupaxos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a4b122f49565bf6bd685755cb984909/44228273849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bitree.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57050932256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c451eca6ae6---zaresiredibimokino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.indee-r.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79d563f8887dc0536441c80cdc6fc260/5883823780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idukkidiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/doxupokupiborabezak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/485468d140eb66e5ec8e00519d1394fd/21954406530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160790ff0bdc02---48708621402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fallsplat.se/bildbank/file/77681421236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundai-dongdo.vn/images/files/vipumidenozarov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6d2fabbe8246e736987747f03cf7e14/nematezewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bivalyracing.hu/files/file/89819615256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=animal+farm+summary+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off00011f82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F82 17532 bytes
SHA-256: 7a0818dc0c4225ebe55f57150b52de8fe4920fe9491b2c5fb913dc81d66145c0
font_01_sfnt_off00014d0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D0C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00016523.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16523 10708 bytes
SHA-256: 5a8b213b12ac414758bd9f856391eb84b2f68ed5de78d0d4b36c209b35e40749