Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e3e9e3dd324e6e99…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.4 KB Created: 2021-07-03 20:52:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4c4eda23ce2258b236de04ce224601a7 SHA-1: 2ad155dbedd282359a41885ebc76e832cde4b2ca SHA-256: e3e9e3dd324e6e99c10d5ebd33e3da0f7f1f2bdb4ef12e0bdb7424dd6f9e9d60
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. Heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f838465759---89143904228.pdf
    • http://mppscstudy.com/admin/usercontent/file/16087731520.pdf
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e05858e1ccf623ab97e1fe283ed81ed0/gorerewavu.pdf
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/muwubadu.pdf
    • http://luxmeterthai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33172507580.pdf
    • http://to-kajihan.net/js/upload/files/julazuronofanirepumaz.pdf
    • http://pronobile.de/catalog/file/temajojupizojow.pdf
    • http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/wijapalojigaruzijitepe.pdf
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e592dvua49dmmm68tkl7f9cj57/30736142254.pdf
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42116559c042be21574c74b1fdb240c8/jogutokapefimufiw.pdf
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/464569b9cebccd0e503f4920fc4f8cfb/58538959139.pdf
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075bcaae7f6b---rizejigozomawomigiso.pdf
    • http://elitvorota.ru/f/file/viganumibaxigigupuxefuf.pdf
    • https://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa5c2c018e6---zijovobanefojisawobazut.pdf
    • https://clickkedai.com/userfiles/file/novuwutulebo.pdf
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6a121f2f67fdc2e142c55412f9ae177/dutut.pdf
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af1380c97192f7426eb4fbdcc6999dab/nuxazunolifowigavupoxareg.pdf
    • http://ebslang.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/legezelulase.pdf
    • http://extracam.es/app/webroot/arxius/file/wugamepuruledep.pdf
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a28f37178da---lupila.pdf
    • http://bike-aholic.com/UserFiles/file/76987152161.pdf
    • http://xn--o79av69abka850ab6c.com/upload/file/202105241920298150.pdf
    • http://warraichmeats.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ad93b5388---lutikoj.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=questions+to+ask+waitress+interview
    • 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_off0000c281.bin
4a00b11dde9919dbfae9b5ccafb80d9f02c90eabf967798726e4c9327c22f7af
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC281 10456 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000da9d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA9D 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f2af.bin
a62554bdf4d69b85647f99b0055463b59253ea5c625cc6704d0dbd948390a379
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2AF 15684 bytes