Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e227a0ee07360642…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 04:46:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e48063c42c854281040613b969a01550 SHA-1: 39b6b910191e5fd3e391c4bc29501727168eece8 SHA-256: e227a0ee073606427eb0722d61e99a0be5f927ea3a2ad6c98ead1da8f065e692
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and PRC/3D content, flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It functions as a link farm, directing users to various URLs hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable domains, likely to download a second-stage payload. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 8

  • PRC/3D content in PDF high CVE related PDF_PRC_3D
    PDF contains PRC 3D content. PRC/U3D parsers have been a recurring Adobe Reader attack surface; treat as a related parser-exploit indicator rather than a specific CVE match.
  • 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://capital96.com/userfiles/file/30898275252.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://minervatech.work/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nutakoxumaxebibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnianemarzenie.pl/userfiles/file/50291857229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0b0bbd9cfd---68180953305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16116966522479---mepobipemifim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dansobentre.net/uploads/file/37103230164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ae654f285a---peruzilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gizaviation.com/uploads/files/98167857789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutrisoilvietnam.com/upload/files/dabomusoxanawolezuxume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cerel.eu/images/wyswig_images/file/60714738905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ei3oohb37tvblusce9sfs92gb/62173372338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lasvegasrebath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8db7d47b541f69fbfd0ffead8e34fd56/98949705410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/ruzuzetizeziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiodebiaggi.eu/userfiles/files/47738005647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e93e41d8db2329688cc09d7d3f90cd75/jenisimepoxexeroxerixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ric486vb2p4c0hrtbdfrpl8dsf/28072814793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d57911dbbe---tamepomudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc9366280787234273a65cd2fc155360/2602480573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2903938bbce44e5fb21bdcab5e75016/puwuxevinek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchtextile.com/userfiles/file/97873908500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acf16e955a7---xanudaxefimedapapuvome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160708648dc035---ziratijakexulazezapul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=s%C3%A1ch+gi%C3%A1o+vi%C3%AAn+ti%E1%BA%BFng+anh+l%E1%BB%9Bp+6+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_off0000c66e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC66E 28644 bytes
SHA-256: 17342951fb5484359ccec26b067d1776c6c541e321e32cdcc300f35e9d988da4
font_01_sfnt_off0001022d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1022D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011a44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A44 11544 bytes
SHA-256: 421171c7f4ecc684c9dbe93e7062cacf569bbd04af8955cd3bd6bbde1fa0ade4