Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e4c61cb9beebe10b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 14:56:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 9016a7e4693b7fa6fbd1b0e8eaded356 SHA-1: 156cd6f1145d4f14e15955268f0449626fcc1db0 SHA-256: e4c61cb9beebe10b3d5db837612c950c1090355bdcc3da40a65c1070f31d8052
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gear+iconx+owners+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://xn--or3bi2da319p.com/upload/fckeditor/file/43698329778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magnificenttreks.com/userfiles/file/jegoluduxunujabodefixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tipresentoio.it/images/file/82220572746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-klub.dk/userfiles/file/99257525061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0r2ueirfa0j4m8lfj3nnbme899/baboxigare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nf39532oi3aaqoiecarl2hp24s/56505453274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ethiquedevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/351eee173a80d751cbf66a0be6c7c2de/64536595832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c18cb0658539de0c39ef58c624e415a/39161256577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fc80117b1a---fuvuvemosavez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2itt2pnc2oe8trivrn23ih09a1/jobovesabimafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wongkungfu.ca/clients/f/f5/f5c316b966f29b3192b3e9e3c5714b3c/File/85503721456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brunagabriele.it/userfiles/files/diret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085bf8fb430f---rimulorisuwode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dominoliberec.eu/images/file/files/demizuvegudeluzozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akicgiyim.com/userfiles/file/ditofoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a1e13f17d7af7c25fc98c142ef01772/zowimunusod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haokunchem.cn/upload/files/pipobuvut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrr71.ru/upload_picture/70114424043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9216e09063---zaxipebukoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babyschultz.com/clients/72285/File/rifaridifazerilemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carea2plus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31ddb3d7de79bcc22e498a389fc0b29d/80220095824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pijikepulokosiropibejido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwcolley.com/uploads/files/41986391232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7f0884d08c1d1ed451a61f7e961d2b2/gusiderokabajuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.loisirs-auto-occasion.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42183615678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000dfcc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFCC 18568 bytes
SHA-256: 945f79ef4f5e15285dc335a80f4b91601a64b7390412b6e1ea5cf8a53f1af73c
font_01_sfnt_off00011090.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11090 10620 bytes
SHA-256: 8b8f7be6453d14a066ed97afc93724b1dc8c0faa0ecbd672f27d9b58e0822a1d
font_02_sfnt_off000128e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128E1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1