Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e2f928e53ba748de…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 09:22:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: c72de4fa518a447389ca34a3bf603a4f SHA-1: 0e446b33abcd3b9ab3bb96c60bc41248e9e06c42 SHA-256: e2f928e53ba748def71ac6f7f8c57faa7d6305d6a88de883570da0f346816900
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external sites, which are characteristic of phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://fbchitchcock.org/clients/8/8b/8bdff38a390027835eb24981312b950c/File/lifib.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sukhabalka.com/files/file/dupofit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16119dbfa082ad---19071340140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ubk-sad.de/azubi/userfiles/files/96813370126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a32c3bc4bc5---63234515431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://efuegypt.org/userfiles/file/bemige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://internationalmedia.com/userfiles/file/pudilutudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikincielinmak.com/upload/ckfinder/files/76249296068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baodieptailor.com/uploads/2021-08-26/images/files/93939585486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcadia-fitness.es/userfiles/file/4610977620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foodvellythailand.com/upload/files/raxak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anonelectronics.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/upload_jpg/file/202107082134516744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160caeb65ad11e---35599589563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1bfaac9454---nanewededagapozegobure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608029bd23d0f---piberixojajuvasom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertrandetgastineaudesigners.com/userfiles/file/67615352741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d169e878bb---24915409005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aromaonly1.com/yamituki-n/uploads/files/kubebediwarujeziwalotul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conblocmanado.com/pics/file/68481129194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeansresource.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xulixeruloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalfeedindustry.com/upload/files/walerowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecafephuket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/odo9175nlc5ukmd5fjlvc3dodp/72655834014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kursadowicz.pl/Upload/file/davaravulozubafutofemaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tl-systems.hu/files/files/bijapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=communication+software+definition+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_off0000f0ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0EE 10952 bytes
SHA-256: b90e66506cdd6a482bf50500b797e714eda86b18694cb5b8c6d21b8db4c5aae0
font_01_sfnt_off00010a68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A68 17044 bytes
SHA-256: f1f882b164f192aa1dfebcbc7c3052b9ed2d81bba10210a2211c5b49f623169c
font_02_sfnt_off000136a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136A6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1