Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e2a78c7944d60691…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 07:20:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: da97997ab5b18e930bfd33c9da2a205b SHA-1: ae0ba145d4cc091aa99e0545e5872958ad310e15 SHA-256: e2a78c7944d6069160e5b071d46de9265e6a2caefd2d613e0517acb93ce4ff04
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness, specifically a phishing or trojan threat. The embedded JavaScript and numerous links suggest the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, potentially for credential harvesting or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=harga+peniris+minyak+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/51977207343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirai-kankyo.com/userfiles/files/kedubumobim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolavalerio.it/userfiles/files/fitamimikof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bc44e8dbd2---vonojorixof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ebd6fe668oa0eujdj5ib8mcm5/mumojomowowidowaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51bae35427beceef288543e135b7ecfc/58504452157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3457fcc3e384e76e5fdac97ac85d4c02/94351205667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebsenglish.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/91390171755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/119d9a95f5cf304f9c9baf8049e0ae94/jididuwudupivum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/606584e11cbda4fe7449ee21724f81c1/wuzola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f74e5b5ca36f4bcf7c4735df5b908a94/gamuxuxepeseta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motoren-adachi.com/js/upload/files/74559726394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicomartani.eu/userfiles/files/51330594154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a39ab78b6e---narivibabokamul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vhs1962.com/clients/b/b9/b967f936f519796c2a696a6ed1da67f9/File/korizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aryajob.com/user_upload/file/wavano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f1rhksom5k9q752oadq3adpp0/pixosepixodur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160b8123eedd26---40540265670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce9b8e718a---zupov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612d20318144b---76793401921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamlulanjina.com/upload/files/gameb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a75071d56bd---88116140025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d547749a7709211fd71843f1ce668719/tuxadutufikupekuxajit.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_off0000d832.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD832 17260 bytes
SHA-256: ecd5f81ebc0e39542101640f7a946a92a16cde446042fd5a517374017a43f405
font_01_sfnt_off00010489.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10489 10676 bytes
SHA-256: e64b4a668840bba61a520103d96a146d423d88e8b306983f34e6eb0bc8afa8eb
font_02_sfnt_off00011cea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CEA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1