Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e325c473c4fe24eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 07:57:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: c777fd7f3df9b143d9d6cdf20cf3f3f5 SHA-1: 50b92f3b747e5824a74a7de916d0280ce34d4660 SHA-256: e325c473c4fe24eb425c16f6e491dbfbd564056ea2521b84bcc74f9fcd7e8f6a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users to malicious sites. Multiple heuristics indicate the presence of link farms and compromised upload storage, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. ClamAV detection further confirms the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://www.nickelmarket.co.za/includes/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lozumo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.ishvani.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99106274273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h5jtcudvk1v00fnt7e8mvl4i25/zixagasatader.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d52d2b4112---88267852691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mnarch.it/userfiles/files/zuwijikigusopoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlatartopalovic.rs//files/19166738251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/refejizabom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelstore.tn/userfiles/file/fubikasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shangrilatheshow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99065821564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokwuttibut.com/file_media/file_image/file/24789542304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160718a6487906---xilodamavudeguxaduzonesiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proxkimya.com/resimler/files/vekawuvovipavarodajejafoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abnicum.ru/files/file/kofavuxoxibemifiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/200d78ddebdeff819b6d0786a69dce08/30655847704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/mariko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da60e749c37---43979249530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://votejoedestefano.com/editorData/file/kipivorejakiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ccc54e1b08---godunevuwowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87813252637ed6076d691f2ee63639ae/levedagokuverixetomisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cplastik.com/data/cms/file/26753136163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca5032a35c014292a3fe259dccc2518b/xerotipobozisafib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a056513193---rizevenololedibojolak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f40970ef44---77841901799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--m1age8bh.xn--p1ai/files/file/95399063737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilsogno-bomboniere.com/userfiles/files/62758564413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=neumonia+fisiopatologia+pdf+pediatriaPDF link annotation
    • https://lapdonline.org/file/wijitab.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_off0000b80b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB80B 17496 bytes
SHA-256: 83917b5edb80c9e811077e5b429b4e699187f333405219a7f75fe8e007536ccb
font_01_sfnt_off0000e3c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3C7 10920 bytes
SHA-256: b86e7059252bb4b8165b91880586538f9264e980e6a06f478c8111bae084fa43
font_02_sfnt_off0000fcd8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCD8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1