Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e2763711df0fda42…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.0 KB Created: 2021-08-11 05:02:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 9a5422b9abc81834014fe28509ebad61 SHA-1: 30910f4fca5bfc2a40af21f9cac678be8851758c SHA-256: e2763711df0fda4265da1fd2a2286b64f32d8124cd23baab2d4b69723edebc69
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicative of a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) suggests it may be used to obfuscate the redirection or exploit PDF vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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://domholidays.com/userfiles/file/fafegijawekozatobo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fedico.ca/upload/editor/file/90365475028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d213d505bf6---supogerijudusolija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinyuemu.net/assets/202108/files/20210801075919824371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5eda66f8268ec992e8dc14378d404e3d/gitugapofabezifazap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myflora888.com/ck_files/files/xijugubojomilitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd6327a11ba---98829549496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcf3a2a2c83---xizeziwugosidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thaiahpa.com/flash/files/konutujar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b06f948c136---ladabuvipatazedifidaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hglobaltour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210705_897F9F545B374CBA.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alarisusallc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3351052c2a318e42dcfac30ecee046a1/zinaxujewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ee941c77bd1e630db9b740bf36cacb4/nasog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.portofmiamitunnel.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zepomipometixesojodabipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lblussana.it/images/file/13971169983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/365a9cb84530827ba484a4d6ed8b0ad9/tezixodufig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc99896a21bbe4d699470c0f9954a8bb/voforefuwatupojibidedezap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dbcad885e4---87959259858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7db6551a66d9a5a6fc922478ff0dbc3d/supufugomawipararumajegoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://produccionesproezas.com/clients/2/28/28ea8f13eb032e89cab2838ec144e7af/File/bokavatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ourjamesfamilyhistory.com/clients/1/14/146a9f92d0a296c7c29e793db058bb30/File/setipipipebemama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiavent.com/UserFiles/file///ditonusededulojigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080dab5a892d---tibomifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608397339b312---xoserigedabowoxamav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95de03e4fe4244efccde43153a3a35e3/90644493126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=ejercicios+de+movimiento+rectilineo+uniformemente+variado+resueltosPDF 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_off00010345.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10345 18236 bytes
SHA-256: 5ec1b976331285b7a5f0a8a5b433c8d2b5c99ee22672a17c0333a825a0a8b1b7
font_01_sfnt_off00013199.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13199 10916 bytes
SHA-256: 1cf47a54e0e92e447a2de38bb6bf337d5aa92ceba3b24934269991c392f54771
font_02_sfnt_off00014ae0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14AE0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1