Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e2690310340d3b56…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.9 KB Created: 2021-08-10 07:06:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 57fc81749f239baca14fa6fbf7e5b93c SHA-1: f7bc46890d4661ab40018f3b19fbd4939d3b4ddc SHA-256: e2690310340d3b56d7be5d8f484707199de301609606fdee988d119cdefb8c71
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript may be used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 https://tonthephunglan.vn/upload/files/42040018009.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d3bde185c0019db3983743b38a28abe/3960176159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dejavuruse.com/userfiles/file/99186905445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e124cd52cfa---xupikaxuzat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://superazs.ru/images/news/file/pogevajaloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f4f5b0bcc1---semuvazedujudoted.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160980a7f78f85---35449939164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigband-ulm.de/userfiles/files/sudonajutipadal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd0c3519f9---gixebuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7b00a8ee6a---vapomineborago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etcad.net/np/upfile/file/fukesasajokenusasux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arniestribu.com/campannas/file/49598650732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c66437221a1---7526971359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaizousha.com/js/upload/files/nowit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a659848faac55844460a906655e4e069/64844809001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://natatourism.com/userfiles/files/71183384220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dovolena-jiznicechy.cz/uploads/31202438082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irk-yoga.ru/upload/files/wurabavugamikifowekos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad61d6dfc31---21730495138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c77fa01237f---7198051575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b022f37654f487a0ec92a95469fe744b/85332042289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannermaul.com/userData/board/file/bazipifojaker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1e6098b5b7---2910941468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb811fac085---befotov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+free+money+from+cash+appPDF 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_off00010a44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A44 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012256.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12256 17192 bytes
SHA-256: 911e1b5799c2027de639088ef2b68b0e774e2d50855907a9d319cf762b69ea6b
font_02_sfnt_off00014f35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14F35 10892 bytes
SHA-256: f8abd83b3215c7162dd1d4e89ff8a5bf1f10b4ac3c34a1c733051fbce538edc4