Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e2a7fcabefc5ea55…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 10:25:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 09b16d3d179264002c6d887361c144f4 SHA-1: 6b80d873f982a65a44d1b598007bf3f0722079cd SHA-256: e2a7fcabefc5ea55da7dd8ba54cfdaab2cd10845ee1de9e652ef6fbdb99be971
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious sites or exploit vulnerabilities. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d050797a808c306d1f2d07c421c93089/39367074452.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://elsadaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zipifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9974d6cdc4---katolijezupiripojuvono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cantinachitarra.it/userfiles/file/vitorunomij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regimhotelierbucuresti.com/images/userfiles/romuguvevevulonufawub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehero88vip.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/11437746979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j3bj6k15d1u23lqi74btp4p971/megimananezalanuluvozow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gfow.om/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vmdv5bj5hr61lvrpp0vifdoj3d/60073655720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ejmk.com/ej/upload/files/mojifidejuvekos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070f04d4c385---loxipib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehsclassof88.com/clients/7/7f/7f6c4973f16106f9a1f2948091db50b4/File/tizexemelibevumulosar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b062a81d245---95548129739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szallas-karpatalja.com/upload/poxeletekijefofirojoger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guineaservicesproviders.com/gsp/files/96315695175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imailbox.nl/images/uploadedimages/file/gajopatedunofuxoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasici-pristroje-eshop.cz/files/file/44308898704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b758680a2---lifezazukekufosug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jclifeschools.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5ce40b536845be03f615b4695c8cdd8/rubatosawuvakube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160727578a0432---xotupobexilujas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennedy-jackson.com/clients/f/f7/f78508644b517540cdb1549d93860f53/File/futenabakiwomivinajegope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/up9hio3i3sro3boju3u87du6u0/94981144514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evergreendentistryva.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67427156222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b6ad5475de---torumofovul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607278bfdd33c---mejilobut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=resume+format+for+freshers+with+photo+pdfPDF 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_off0000dd73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD73 17320 bytes
SHA-256: a63bc87db06e3378a5a6b159ff33e051b0c8b516244baa41532d77fc7bc0f208
font_01_sfnt_off00010997.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10997 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000121ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121AE 10844 bytes
SHA-256: a95d8f7e4aa7626fd66ab0f942dda1bae86e535a9666433bb7880605a5df1878