Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e4d9d3268776d3f7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.0 KB Created: 2021-09-25 18:26:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 99b12105c5b63671211a866dedbbaa29 SHA-1: 6f7755711547b0c41922ee61196386a393c14a72 SHA-256: e4d9d3268776d3f71b1497f83a4e130bebfaf329cda095da5093c807b7f2c9eb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Several heuristics indicate the presence of link farms and compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to host or distribute malicious files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to download and execute a second-stage payload or redirect the user to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d8ee26ee6637cffd5386b77a0e3970d/xotin.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161353e26360a7---28320996525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gatewayhotelbangkok.com/upfile_hotel/files/88545950756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b8cf020b22---gotelemapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ps-chiptuning.hu/userfiles/files/49655152167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colleges-in-tamilnadu.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/70030713055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.renfrewareahealthvillage.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/saxavofosinezolidemixibon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carsen.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/28243836020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekstelekom.com/userfiles/file/fomaxajelal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vpmemorial.net/images/file/72128049784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chokmanee.com/userfiles/file/93244170005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----0tbbbfo0f.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/93038520447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ms-beauty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43034239860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tencanpowder.com/d/files/wefogidumufunomeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.barefoothoa.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19275562280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizesblokk.hu/files/file/misosesapidofirugapum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mextro.de/upload/files/17904800131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://servicio-mexico.com/images/file/10533527838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blossomtour.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210913_24B15F7D61DA43BD.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pethouse.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jisolevenom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://at1-turbo-j3t.com/contents/files/fukeguze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urology-andrology.com/userfiles/file/99926778610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=lucid+dreaming+robert+waggoner+pdfPDF 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_off0000b087.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB087 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c89e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC89E 11032 bytes
SHA-256: f83046d0f39dfdca93846100a7eedd991c0e3010b3dc3d46bc7fcc9af3ec6314
font_02_sfnt_off0000e1e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1E6 14460 bytes
SHA-256: c274b82e63f555067341d89a377e7692524ab00fa0e669fddf807aaafead6b16