Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e3adacaa5dc25aca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.6 KB Created: 2021-09-10 17:34:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: a33ccd1a2048738b6d3c24b98305075a SHA-1: ab801cb29b6b3d5b066afbb5020c070dcdb353b6 SHA-256: e3adacaa5dc25aca5a4d267b8602869972b0a3c85e9522c634cdc5bfa69e5596
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to potentially compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' strongly suggest the document is designed to host or redirect to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613723fc3ad3a---pabitokot.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://petribax.nl/userfiles/file/rawugavasuriluvogenomej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavfelugyelet.megujuloenergiapark.hu/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jibafitubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baovecongtruong.com/upload/files/16306520864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://movesearchesuk.com/userfiles/file/wivuwivezokawinunemiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jakketoes.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29667578566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahreco.com/uploads/news_file/migixipizawunotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://it-hair.com/userfiles/94696821041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aa5alfu.kz/file/fawizisekijefopife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ybshajiang.com/userfiles/file/2021-09-03/2109032045302426182rg5octex8hc.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myshopgroup.com/userfiles/files/xiwetizomatuxupuwepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a564642138b8f015925ade817680e7f3/novowavekifekajorexow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecs4.com/intranet/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xulodijegegokol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161322a8781b27---tiwanijagaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/674021bf1c341c9de1a66d2ddaa96de1/3701212091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ff61940bbb---sonesimumodipujila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leaders-adv.net/userfiles/file/juvanadifesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dyglas.com/userData/board/file/jugifusav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imobilestore.de/userfiles/file/fivovepizol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seattlebestteriyaki.com/uploads/files/bosubuvitutakosuzarudum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halmar.info/userfiles/file/17824825396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mertcelikkapi.com/userfiles/file/23768663673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://h-p-n.fr/catalogue_dynamique/file/xaxebogekiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speed-r.com/js/upload/files/dubazaninugefajabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=waptrick+app+storePDF 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_off0000c244.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC244 16564 bytes
SHA-256: ca47e2e66e4545cd0b7849b3579e4d6d143704bfc474ef78e6744fc3b4f1d402
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED24 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001053b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1053B 10300 bytes
SHA-256: 52aeafa148e6033729781160b95d160584ad988be948abfefc18ec1f0e865d55