Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e446aedaf93ae738…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-09-16 22:53:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 136deb6031ab53e1f16adb83bcc74fd3 SHA-1: a44a5c46d4ccb84d34c066460553945b9293d1aa SHA-256: e446aedaf93ae7380a5b4517dbb5e7a4bbf570cf68bb2e5cf09ab6a69931149f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://njchemland.com/upload/files/26804120792.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://massiimo.com/piceditor/file/rukovalegudurekid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangminhsaigon.vn/@dmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/midipudibuzofafukis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freshchannels.com/home/sites/freshchannels/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/faruraxuzetena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://used-machinetools.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/65936978238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttmm.co.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rutomivaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adminico.nl/userfiles/file/37015727688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://playoz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47267085635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff77da4974a7a0b5f2be9e442b74f9d6/jizat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161326b9807e61---28775864925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krajinar.cz/soubory/files/22348157816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tylbm.com/Upload/ckeditor/files/30726147048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pecintajp.com/contents/files/nanerinegarumusugew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krakowska98.com/zdjecia/fck/file/zovusuwinanusikirunosaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yennenga.org/business_school/uploads/file/46372108192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transgusto.ch/userfiles/file/buwulaxowizebapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ametansk.ru/uploads2/wamozomom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613da24af16f7---57782398966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613568f65804f---52524553341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pileshoppen.dk/userfiles/file/pufojujiwerogakukipomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gachtrangtritranvinhtin.com/gachtrangtritranvinhtin/Images_upload/files/tebodikarifimawiwamiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lsv-wittlage.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lopexojeketiwawam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f480971826---xofijetudiwoxewomiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+access+data+folder+in+androidPDF 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_off0000f816.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF816 10548 bytes
SHA-256: f9c9b22801052e42a29d4632adf9364c7c72d7f6cce80835093692145d973530
font_01_sfnt_off00011040.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11040 18256 bytes
SHA-256: d7982fc943a7ed7498d47e14f398106e06ce9098591332e18fc6cf2090a521b8
font_02_sfnt_off00013fdb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FDB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1