Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e377ac46b8008196…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 12:49:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 521c8cb73bca06c55c40377886a08bda SHA-1: c83d1be5880d4afab341abaf781e33390ea8d751 SHA-256: e377ac46b8008196dfa9c63a773ad6d495f0c37b1430d184347e0ededbb1a2c7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple disposable hosting sites, indicating an attempt to obscure the ultimate destination and evade detection. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18ff156e4ec732d3ab08c548dff2acd2/96279291416.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://say-international.eu/userfiles/file/62783052969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miguktour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210731_3DB777414208F117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladyqueen.it/userfiles/files/98010460336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chipgene.com/image/files/20210706_050643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atdawnwelift.com/userfiles/file/10035886828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anticacarsulaeborzoi.eu/userfiles/files/58442118638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://path.mn/userfiles/files/48800066900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivankrivanek.com/userfiles/file/31937995268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cphs1970.net/clients/877309/File/fujaxed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-uklid.com/files/file/59469563932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsons.eu/files/file/sozejagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mqskin.com/luutru/files/zejopagunemeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zeminyerkaplama.com/upload/ckfinder/files/dilevitilokarojafenozexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://virker-ikke.dk/files/68340211100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef5651fd806f044c9de56837c125617d/kijubivexukezari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de38f4f16a6869051cff5d27f2bdc4e8/bimumojimopidowubodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifecareproduct.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pegoporitixumukowevufix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keiba-like.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zevewiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3de433107ea5fad30566b5dc4145b6f3/35338733148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collegium-connect.nl/ckupload/files/95204011434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://habibitours.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jusojuniferebib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607118c3d4337---55071174941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escuelasfutbol8.com/docs/files/zaguwutonezaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=radioterapia+complicaciones+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_off000104cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104CF 19120 bytes
SHA-256: f865efe27b29cd6bee8f224a9b10bec7b89978552308cb7756136bbfe183e502
font_01_sfnt_off000135b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135B5 10824 bytes
SHA-256: 23497c0f0a130092dd6c67ce21306a75080bca221c0f516db34e0277eee6f184
font_02_sfnt_off00014e9f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E9F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1