Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e2d455c5ed8d09f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.4 KB Created: 2021-07-14 08:09:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 88e10e3ab1dc70a7fc6b27b7a6971300 SHA-1: 21d7e3ee953d428963930e9a7202e048b094db3c SHA-256: e2d455c5ed8d09f2f702c6f3360c08d55bc0c980423e6fa298940cfca57567b5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. Heuristics indicate it's part of a link farm pointing to compromised websites, likely to host further malicious content or phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, with the embedded JavaScript likely responsible for initiating the attack chain.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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 https://burmesecatclub.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fba3905049d8963e2054e4bfca57de67/xoxidosiwomujafaxugar.pdf
    • https://www.duffylighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a038139a6f51ecc84c324724613b0bfb/44800700947.pdf
    • https://petikdaun.com/contents//files/kireturuberelina.pdf
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c012b8f9840e5ef836cf2182b7869372/zowedefejigevezi.pdf
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2stlgqb4379h0g1iqrekf8l25/97005128139.pdf
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cd5f4436665c461b0d402919c6420e6/luronibilefit.pdf
    • http://infinijewelry.com/userfiles/file/96635903852.pdf
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160820d0ab5aa2---balanikuku.pdf
    • http://musikpark-live.de/userfiles/file/17405200204.pdf
    • https://restavracia02.com/userfiles/file/vetekimino.pdf
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mazuneje.pdf
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609857495dd6b---lapefekezibuvatapeg.pdf
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7372b07cd6c67130b3988c81d9044483/setubipex.pdf
    • https://transmar.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kisofobabitutatod.pdf
    • http://epoxidice.ro/mm/file/76172606905.pdf
    • http://xn--80aaffebba2apgigwiiececnggk9e4k.xn--p1ai/pict/file/vipolobu.pdf
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1733b76388---77927537286.pdf
    • http://yule-sign.com/upload/editor/file/20210714113105.pdf
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abc936bdbaf---17870038993.pdf
    • http://evevoyance.fr/adh/.-/file/3833000854.pdf
    • https://terravistahometeam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ca5a2d8290fc580b67646d8c6618fc5/fidazeruki.pdf
    • http://www.louisefarmersmith.com/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zigafoludexoxoj.pdf
    • http://pogservice.ru/userfiles/file/mogotepuzimaxemujet.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=30+days+to+better+english+by+norman+lewis+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000bdad.bin
da35824cca00de8300f64c1265cca2f70abf41f30a0b443230cde2e548cc9be1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBDAD 11484 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d83d.bin
bef29f122acc5ea2cc8b273f5688c25c9c9e12858d921ba3440dbe04e7019127
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD83D 16932 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001043e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1043E 16792 bytes