Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e3f75bfda17412cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

152.6 KB Created: 2021-07-17 16:50:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 93f49a97d905684cf883954b1cb2525e SHA-1: 5dec8f4133b441913d8339ee6853bd5dd4d83486 SHA-256: e3f75bfda17412cb181f796545255eb0765ab1db4f556d715aafab1ca5d614fa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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 https://asthasupermarket.com/userfiles/file/99369653979.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aquafilling.com/userfiles/file/viwugigefigiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylplj.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gumobejupevutokonemugodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aftckwt.com/uploads/file/93155222500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://upbilbao.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17845777870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olversonfamilyreunion.org/clients/5/51/51a48c89da211807e19ed56f8a1a1822/File/xomuvagisuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuzeyilac.com/resimler/files/numoveforatefajusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98baf01e3a120e7f9395ca6b226995e8/resirematuzadujidipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plovdivweek.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/firabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lyzebrno.cz/userfiles/file/pesivajuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982c2a7bb24---kixasevubedasuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glycocalyx.nl/userfiles/image/file/88653323194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thunderstar.cn/userfiles/file/20210501232618241024105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iphysiology.ru/upload/43287228542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1963bcf43a---537164799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mvmdigital.gr/files/files/52186472738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5c35b4870f---10254301505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qlsny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4c83de691a842ed8467e535e0179731/lavowebokerapivuzazin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pvoleo78oe1vsbia5p1rufq1t7/49680763806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81400d4b9474a8c3e871574866055de8/74140001536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160780da07e0d2---48881807480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67cdde2834d7d22ef780011084a8df59/55963915405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e634ab09c82d31b85a7ff227ca7c135/kogajinepiladetenarasine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb432d2d554---23137088887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=signs+and+symptoms+of+insomniaPDF 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_off0001edf7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1EDF7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0002060e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2060E 10752 bytes
SHA-256: ee41eb819ce3df931502242534e89517d33bbcaa14c70154243476c5154eb2ce
font_02_sfnt_off00021e8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x21E8E 20752 bytes
SHA-256: 0c2deeb9e5bf3d32973eed4118f9936dbe792befd7ecd2cc096208205b39dbb4