Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e2a28ccb48989f9e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.2 KB Created: 2021-10-01 19:04:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 8a351eab90f358461d08b596f9949aec SHA-1: 69dc0a86437cc40307eff084155b0767549f1cce SHA-256: e2a28ccb48989f9e517c17eb6c9a70ccf71b89192b82b9bbf5b5f703a5ae34ea
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, likely designed to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The embedded JavaScript is a common method for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://eg-connect.com/uploads/editorfiles/file///85909774147.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://anukulagrotech.com/userfiles/file/19009771863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakem.org/userfiles/files/muzolowarumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161557694178e1---77311754103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phucatgarment.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zagokolutupeneran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a594f0bff5bcf55ef99bdd3d9233f952/kexakugusewatajapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://path.mn/userfiles/files/7001887072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16155f60d863e3---60147633053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baove247.org/upload/files/sitew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aloisiquadri.it/userfiles/files/70301363667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patc.fr/imagesfile/difobafuruvatijerevibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rentaruedas.com/files/others/vewawasuwitebexidijuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orlickachata.cz/files/files/53822214088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intersensor.ro/v2011/Files/fck_upload/file/78576434580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willajarmar.pl/userfiles/file/poxasades.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.srijonihealinghome.com/fckimages/file/83625120268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szakkepzosiklos.hu/upload/file/dijig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csp.hu/editor_up/21997608833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614c0d6c6c0ff---68740233996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abss.pt/userfiles/file/zedulidagemap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paklya.su/design/img/upload/file/8291852759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146cf88b0489---74589904472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ei-windykacja.pl/upload/file/38999387118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimhoatra.com/upload/fckimagesfile/83390653493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrun-arser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210911105311672631fimpr4.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=cannot+find+android+sdkPDF 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_off0000b260.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB260 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca72.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA72 16112 bytes
SHA-256: ff51e50439e155a7855cd9848521686ffcd177db23c58d67ede95f09d6912432
font_02_sfnt_off0000f3c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3C1 10292 bytes
SHA-256: 3a0b0e5f9ff033eef12df8e5b60046036ee83d2ee06351bf1a9c15f61ac0d366