Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e495ef4cbebbc20e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-09-14 12:38:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e855e20b07395350428f0b02bf78d217 SHA-1: eca2ad6605415784b603d4d2233293853ddb5f02 SHA-256: e495ef4cbebbc20e10a8921b21e9b00f3d81c86b83d705d70edcd3be5e99ae3d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. The PDF also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress upload storage locations and disposable hosting sites. These links likely serve as a lure to download further malicious content or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://eternoohydro.com/d/files/31796343865.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6sjmvg49i5gafvkkjcvl7hksok/58973599513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eee0fede2cbcf9428169dac3646a62cc/61206357513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technoarc.net/userfiles/file/23773634100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kemxoithanhhang.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/mafas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amigo-shop.105h.net/upload/files/xavewejuturilanififumamap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ashokarefrigeration.com/userfiles/file/gidevidinuvebekumukexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cudicio.it/images/file/diginugowenizilokomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wx-bm.cn/upload/ckimg/files/202109121249273604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palirna-frydek.cz/uploaded/file/11675537052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fleschimmo.lu/userfiles/files/pufukijepugepomejov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuemeism.com/uploadfiles/files/87547318439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceramicasvillaflor.cl/UserFiles/File/jowodakupivawelugezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://majstrissmt.eu/www-data/file/69805393859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exima.kr/userData/board/file/7237667782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133ad08137db---36315834911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenearthgardens.org/userfiles/46484252647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://majedalkarkhi.com/pics/file/78146521959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhahangthanghuong.com/uploads/files/19076991922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mps-india.com/userfiles/files/53091738167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dataction.org/demo/dataction/media/53780707273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalone-mould.com/gbw/fckfiles/20210905175739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tanriovermensucat.com/uploads/genel/files/kigaxedodelusisejap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37799330775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://runhouchem.com/upload/files/nelevegedawajuximabazuxep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=hungry+fish+mod+apkPDF 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_off0000c49b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC49B 10968 bytes
SHA-256: 0c5efbdb98642798a1168aa32722578df18e16be0bef2eefb0b5e3593a3f3993
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD96 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f5a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5A8 17392 bytes
SHA-256: 6ad743ce521da0682e286089bcd0445ea2bf49f7eed317c16a3fd5f0488f1e55