Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e389c7ffad00dcf9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.4 KB Created: 2021-08-05 01:27:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 3b88327e7b1d79c6fd0082f5c33ade53 SHA-1: 0be2f802032753a8b56e096143cd332b8c86e130 SHA-256: e389c7ffad00dcf99c00269e0432fe59c8b49e647d6df39a8df8b185528bd923
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites used for hosting PDF payloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160759aa9f186c---88740608264.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://architects-desk.com/uploadsfile/sexaponu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://princeworldwide.com/multimedia/userfiles/file/vapodoxovogurabutupove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aedwea.com/upload/foto/suzabugaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexanderkanevskyartgallery.com/clientMedia/file/61029648456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alarouba.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2342409660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://meesens.be/KrMee/Tekstverwerker/sitajezokul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c760e7555cd6aec1da00f5867a2a93e0/tukup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608427219be35---91125201444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddeef3e3814---52233150639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bcc2295d99---25591224016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feldmann-spedition.de/pics/userfiles/file/repiwojojexuposip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/39181207107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcabianca.eu/upload/file/74169199688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imahima.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8029658326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b00da58e6fd---5906588677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harperfamilyreunion.net/clients/3/35/3566a42c83b0accea4ba2bdfee5c7976/File/lerukekeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098c9d4ee9b9---powerimufapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://austria-ex.com/images/blog//file/zerirefaguduzajuwotijoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/503b2cfacd12cc7dc2c2c8f6006eb943/fovadonor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092a8572c3c4---90968378822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remont-elektro.eu/archiv/file/popobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160834961e8f78---30327521587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+reduce+covid+brain+fogPDF 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_off000106c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106C2 17084 bytes
SHA-256: 2f48ce17924a481611611f433a1c63241f5e91ca1c8ec361b68b0445982b2368
font_01_sfnt_off00013329.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13329 10820 bytes
SHA-256: 12bab5ec4e9a599abe0c6653b059848e392da56fd9e1af0c0edbabbd4ed1a6d7
font_02_sfnt_off00014c13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C13 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1