Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e4dbba329b51e825…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-08-18 16:44:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 8fc40083073ffd26c0eacf9b20303168 SHA-1: b1f953741974112807af928002f1de34a39f120b SHA-256: e4dbba329b51e8250609504102f289420882d82190609c40180e41a0a7ae8ba1
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 contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious destinations. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/wolevuralopolatot.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://doanhnghiepvietnam.org/img_duhoc/files/10022757501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e67bf1d606---68962871198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uss100.com/clients/5/56/562308f4da1da23328cfd9e5c9f3e68f/File/73926384667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/evozemawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32ot64ms6n5d36t4279j9u4pio/kigaxuwunemesopemomux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domholidays.com/userfiles/file/farerowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gold-carsales.com/js/upload/files/kukasosinilegalonatom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b7ef9c32a0---pixolejalimeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newo.ru/files/files/63898901017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://porterbrothersltd.com/app/webroot/uploads/kevaxosogunov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/414c8613b6a648c32db2a9aa720ca053/jeralonuxiwanepegetof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/godijel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b85b1a79621---41380588515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.educazionesessuale-scuola.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/napesavumegudipani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anquocrealty.com/uploads/image/files/lavuruxonaxisotal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ncabhsa.com/clients/875427/File/jegut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a13dd9b32e4---28107967276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamtimeshare.com/userfiles/file/90238485134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae3154662f6---nabezibone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://songhongresort.com/img/files/gipaketajimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conhantaoankhanh.com/webroot/img/files/lufeberulojoradibukevojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=python+for+data+analysis+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_off0000fa75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA75 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001128c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1128C 10580 bytes
SHA-256: 7ca24045d2e110a26f18adf4d4e7331d41838fd272cb025c978da6b5ba8a5e3c
font_02_sfnt_off00012a98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A98 16960 bytes
SHA-256: c9d0d9494ea3e6f0808ab3a9fb31f0df87f0b9c255917625f33d53115997b07e