Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e301e30675143460…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 14:17:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 8a47bd6b562dd42ea6c1acb01d76364f SHA-1: 89a40763f33d400ca03bddb4283f8f0c5ee911f1 SHA-256: e301e3067514346082f0bca9ae8ac8acfa61c8146d89c3511051d6558e452e0a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also hosts numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://group-anons.ru/userfiles/files/36036608390.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c2d4f70a83fdb75518a5a3e31bb1f0e/90979877525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silesiacapital.eu/data/file/76531186737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a30d8bb9546---rutotuvig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/369ac2ecdb660ad5f53f8df4587c7f35/99862870189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64969f0539685be1b10efb1e7bfc15a0/35393759913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/5818097812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0b6693020cd47878d24c925c43d7388/sigez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interfacetravels.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/texumorekiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grgct.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/befobisadaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genegurumiraclehealer.com/userfiles/file/xodadugufeluregakonaxuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teresachild.com/upload/files/sopemonezidaposisiboma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2jqstf2sogacrh9t17m32smb23/41950751424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072690823cff---nisatijakixenarupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pekingtogo.com/uploads/files/21384976942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d594b3ec457795395f3bc8cde5308762/tulazavug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toanlinh.vn/upload/files/sogugagubenonosena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ildongwire.com/userfiles/file/seluwobiweziji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vvk-wiedermann.at/userfiles/file/29536715818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmediahouse.com/admin/uploads/file/rafup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/51801089444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c293d3ccc4a---kaxum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonpetsupply.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608359a242870---xojotatokalipozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariapolis.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/monaragopenube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a53af574975---wipinatazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=html2pdf+tcpdf+error+unable+to+create+output+filePDF 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_off0000d7a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7A7 10964 bytes
SHA-256: f21ba561216ef72014b772abafdf6557dc43fc9fc8be9ce3bf834f80d2a78981
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0D1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000108e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108E3 19496 bytes
SHA-256: 5a0598da6afd9c7cef455499931d6bb898869dc23777ff33d79d41c55332eb59