Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e4749a1bdc025a44…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 08:54:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 1c8b71dcd5ee10eb85fd306f08f4cbd2 SHA-1: ab6df7e8e7737b75ae45446e2c22229330731194 SHA-256: e4749a1bdc025a44cb032636d920d21908d01620561898f51352cc689eebdc18
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. It also features a link farm with multiple URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malware or conduct phishing. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 https://santchavarabed.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52929329933.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ufnk.fr/app/webroot/files/file/jerejajevugax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3559e0b7cd---54128555420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42909280508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://codemessaging.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/segilanisasagilogelisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluebirdcanada.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210625_74CBB4D51F669810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://all-new-wow.com/upload/files/32709316834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2628ca84e1---bamanadew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/11178958255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sqhrik4c52n2o8uth0lgb0ip3e/wigodumuladatuvidutedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser-arena.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098bde3897db---jazibujejogupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anandamsanyal.com/userfiles/file/tipodiwajerixudinedopiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accountingworld.in/singhania/downloads/file/nuluzozulujazedatabaredu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jshtextile.com/UserFiles/file///xanezugidozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gencerenerji.com/resimler/files/64294095039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://syntellect.ru/Repository/file/sokejowibapidavitixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://impactpluslearning.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45211645948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pastoret.it/userfiles/files/xipumegasoxujivitatidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mintaialuminum.com/d/files/vujanukifemutanunokevamiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://its-bulgaria.bg/files/file/nesitofusipekin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d696ab39ecc---rirodezuduxudagemanud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciskmv.com/css/file/51402619886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioarchperissinotto.eu/userfiles/files/31681609050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://changrung.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83328341776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=butter+macros+1+tablespoonPDF 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_off0000d014.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD014 10788 bytes
SHA-256: 53b3c07076b9b02432404b74cd16104d54b635ecf94eaf462819ab9c542ad5bd
font_01_sfnt_off0000e8d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8D2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000100e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100E4 17164 bytes
SHA-256: 8b119c91193cd667420437242257c505581f948938b9a336bb1a85b42dfc6db8