Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e3d1ef4b8969a52f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-07-16 05:29:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 7b2b049b2bd03de345050e08c6561ea4 SHA-1: 0fe3e26338c71910013c0f674560ad20aea058dd SHA-256: e3d1ef4b8969a52f121e9e7daff2b1891f3bf7db090122fa6499efc87ce16c8e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of multiple links to external PDFs hosted on various domains, some of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads, further indicates a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support a malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://travelinnsuites.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/56094288069.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160793a925dbf7---gurujubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturallabs.fr/userfiles/file/beralovesus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://octvads.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81796249273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://df-2.de/images/daten/file/5357305201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7508775d4e667d9131f376a879346494/xugojugejanunosuxezeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098c4727b7a3---nafet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://millionsdiscount.com/mo_images/files/24455787818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famillespourstarlight.ca/clients/a/a9/a9b42c05011d3bb27e7f7ec2ed30324f/File/45286265060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39e8f692f3bfeb974591e7cf1dd45f26/zosut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/046fe85a4bad7ae54fe5eee609a6579e/12466711246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chung-pei.com/userfiles/file/sositirugatafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62ec5dd12411f92680ebb6f40bfac523/bewetomewilatobekani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fbchitchcock.org/clients/8/8b/8bdff38a390027835eb24981312b950c/File/moditubemepakozatulalebuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i2vnr70qutkslk9se5dod98us2/tikanigugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cintabogor.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/tamoguga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sealskinz.ru/files/file/37601504831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majubesar.info/contents//files/lakonikezinopimugiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bb78d32fc5265b954922905aa62e88a/xirul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faradbox.pl/files/file/gafurukomelesiveperutanam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thesetnews.com/images/fckeditor/file/fagapepuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609157a08c2c1---rapudisexini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59f9189ed0cef0a9dfb01e70781d4af9/76396887993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travellightnepal.com/userfiles/file/lidaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b806d00f84f---31043379613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abdcc1232d7dd34c36093966cdd5aa03/93470097978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608986af80fab---bomomovuluvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee961a0491e64d2583b3a28e41f16191/76053955447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=rihanna+friends+with+the+monsterPDF 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_off0000f0ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0AC 10704 bytes
SHA-256: 53a88c790c70f06436ab2cf012f5ddabe32b84a11a4886db031a4a8260f91089
font_01_sfnt_off0001091f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1091F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012131.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12131 17644 bytes
SHA-256: a9a46acdf4e9c3970d8a9d253c90c514afbfcfd8142121ee1e4bc777f1dc02e6