Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e275a0f4b4714118…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-09-20 01:03:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 8e09265409edb17ffa8c89f1a92a2a9f SHA-1: c01bb288c4e83444e0156c721d02db249d3ead8d SHA-256: e275a0f4b47141180150db1bb574c1e114d298392f2381b788a416daa6d5bc92
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via these links. The embedded JavaScript may be used to further obfuscate the redirection or exploit PDF vulnerabilities.

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 https://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+note+apps+for+android PDF link annotation
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161388bd167b5e---29520504504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tideandtigers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rokegaronebabofit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavachhaiphong.com/upload/files/raxaxawedapemabif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nullemont.fr/nullemont/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28755761973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dutchfansitenetwork.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47090884940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grootformaatspandoeken.nl/userfiles/file/taxamifunasirasejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613548a62926b---92829714616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diversecityuk.com/userfiles/file/86302326705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifesmart.lifesmart.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8527136186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdes.in/uploads/33465921184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artetendasud.it/userfiles/files/48159951524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louisefarmersmith.com/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6471623319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aprilboya.com/userfiles/file/43370390929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dailyiat.com/html_upload/file/maxuneraletalazupimuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-junghan.com/userData/board/file/89349472233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gkz-crimea.ru/userfiles/file/togeberawoliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bankkartya.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sigiwilolilemika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://granitemountainranch.net/userimages/xutadaxit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c00a443837---wazokawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7579dac7b390de87f2c0cd30d5ad0903/35340047079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2aed9f8710663e47c1c4ad44b6eb1311/70252965280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14d8456b714d9749691fc7a9d2ccaa5f/pejabokitip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gsacademy.ge/uploads/files/jisaximepemonoboja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.propper-droppers.nl/files/file/8593647695.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_off0000d8fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8FB 10500 bytes
SHA-256: 190de151e0cae702d4c231d7c33cabe0d7abcbd10fd268a755c50c62d267de3a
font_01_sfnt_off0000f102.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF102 16780 bytes
SHA-256: bec090e1dae070cfe25e2ac386bcab68a1662941576bf3c6e5c89b3e1b2c33c1
font_02_sfnt_off00011c82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C82 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1