Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e45e7709187db12f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.2 KB Created: 2021-10-05 10:27:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 08e64b61f6c95bd33c8f046e1794b1c8 SHA-1: d4380a5e428a35d61385e7cdf3f1e72bddf9a67b SHA-256: e45e7709187db12f00c8e7eb33cde25ebc2ef16ac75580652cfcda0a96d65dad
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The PDF also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9897

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://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fce1cdda49---94857618585.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://businessdevelopmentcenter.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/94826905156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poorclarescork.ie/images/vanudusafesekadolefuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poexali.org/static/image/_u/system/files/razasazelidovudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615b8b8ce7efb---81408373463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xaydunghoangthanh.com/img_duhoc/files/xavowutivenukimonilewiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161544b3cb94e7---26290274276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almuhja.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bavakopikozurosirodevogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicolamanna.com/userfiles/files/kibirized.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://presstone.hu/userfiles/file/nafot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tratedu.net/ssss2018/assets/143ad273/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/userfiles/files/193d7208ea7867a46e4b03a8486cafe8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f7f7856a0b---repivisunumiguvedigoxaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdkuys.handysociality.com/upload/files/tuzovusugotaxadexafizirov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomei4x4.jp/js/upload/files/10729687661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fs-select.com/images/blog/file/zukiwezipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--4k0b43gkwo4gn.com/upload/editor/file/kevevod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210906223120183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gelateriacool.it/userfiles/files/40588838669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapsalonindex.nl/images/uploads/67474741154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vico-real-estate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lasuxuxekororufakekel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fcksa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bajexujerozujixeroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calprin.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21298826058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sin-hua.org/userfiles/46672186453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://droneducational.com/admin/userfiles/file/xotenajedorogilonagiduto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairway.cc/images/blog/file/xivonanujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skncn.com/u/files/rewukagovijus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec2729da4d0be7d7844bf2caab9ef04b/36882698710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=another+word+for+hopePDF 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_off00010429.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10429 20220 bytes
SHA-256: fe837966839ecc7c962ced17e5671dcada970f91616e03b621e544a71f6fb0a0
font_01_sfnt_off000137f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137F8 10192 bytes
SHA-256: d0f6ae1c87d48225b055a96aedf3de589ad61c8c4935ba18bfded0326cc1903f
font_02_sfnt_off00014ecd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14ECD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1