Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e3da2261543d7db0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-07-01 15:37:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2069e74f6d727f394fcd63090e7aa1c0 SHA-1: 3b6471bc27dfb500352379521dc43772dd1b6fea SHA-256: e3da2261543d7db00f050f7321f22bf8bc4100a7e2a2cd9d6cb0ffc59fe064ae
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. The embedded JavaScript is a common method for initiating further malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cae16e18ea---xudifafefen.pdf
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f81cb98fe4dc008c2c4e57d88d6a914/1845130115.pdf
    • http://johndanton.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/mezaweno.pdf
    • http://longarmquiltacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/16599947109.pdf
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46090194181.pdf
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084215abfdfb---30215821259.pdf
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vhtkc22gdkpn1r562ejko660v0/3717022445.pdf
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1dfee0ed98493432fad3a08d95406ac1/wubisurapeja.pdf
    • http://xn--80aaeiengkwpz6p.xn--p1ai/pub/file/23781531264.pdf
    • https://empezo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89797890003.pdf
    • http://usagimatur.com/files/others/11948226360.pdf
    • http://aimic.com/userfiles/file/fufikux.pdf
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fp5uj2rp622v2evfmjer2i2201/90209588565.pdf
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160727137dd909---dofolosopoxomekow.pdf
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0vq1t8o69tifpc9bkgq7lui491/dolurajufikami.pdf
    • https://alternativecarrepair.com/userfiles/file/29807261870.pdf
    • http://creative-format.com/upload/editor/files/45916755456.pdf
    • http://learningkey.org/userfiles/89889209319.pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acbede2f668---78093916072.pdf
    • https://takeorders.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tdj5o1cjr0omn7ft76igo66v98/xesenu.pdf
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2027af535a67654495dc28a5efdeeb9f/94342306888.pdf
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0079980be886df1a62dbab868d31614a/65151602726.pdf
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609badd8f322f---xuvoziwokura.pdf
    • https://soba05.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19ac4fffe5b938ba6fde5d937b4bd167/bogirilujavexidofap.pdf
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k2r55gi0g65rtoro77n862rdt1/tazeti.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=zinc+sulfide+ionic+or+covalent
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f518.bin
07fb1595246ee45d684bdd4882b5debf048fcae22f572b16c08a4ce4a92b6272
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF518 17692 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000123d3.bin
57ccc1a3ae886079488ad929e540f554281a65eaad2709dfcee787aea9f00544
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123D3 10596 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013c3a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C3A 16792 bytes