Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e4ef5365f1ccd583…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-08-28 12:33:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ceae0239a0bbd8c0f6328f52884d20c1 SHA-1: 76def94ab1efef88985c6964abe42b1c55b16c2e SHA-256: e4ef5365f1ccd58379e96781bdd7ff8d2ea6cfef10758a760f44f7be13f1f267
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://blackhorsesc.pl/userfiles/file/46517808236.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ylgems.com/file_media/file_image/file/24522710455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carscaso.com/js/upload/files/9151537098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aven.su/userfiles/file/21153584761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peaceinsrilanka.lk/userfiles/file/1356442093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tauzetaques.com/clients/1/1b/1b95303171b4519794d6fee637ef680e/File/10810892866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahsaipu.com/v15/Upload/file/2021429947414090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iaestedresden.de/userfiles/file/6730350790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdd6868db2b---xejuzozotibofixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://papersacksfactory.ae/images/bulk_images/files/91460096221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://to-kajihan.net/js/upload/files/4813637028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurenhanger.nl/userfiles/file/robetemonijavurutuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenajarisiconstructii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a25aaca55b---4064862629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074424829919---94756672987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtcclassof81.com/clients/0/0a/0a45bd3013a8cc77df817aa526a911b1/File/29620294602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3wsystems.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/rejerugefebilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taevlingar.se/images/pages/file/wabot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgotomotiv.org/upload/files/34509272932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodcomputers.ro/2664/uploads/bedasumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f22dd80a2b---50040776543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da6fbf9516b5a8ac7a367c4f4ede48e2/wimapetixozavizumapakufax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://verlauf-ekb.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65545946814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b916f59a422---jenivetomafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ddf7221971---67064585083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/11325149372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=copy+text+from+pdf+strange+charactersPDF 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_off0000c653.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC653 11176 bytes
SHA-256: 923a66a29d452e8d6df9bfa07e9daad32496a54ac0e8b72f547e23d2abaf5fbd
font_01_sfnt_off0000e027.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE027 21064 bytes
SHA-256: 2cf05dc0ab035deea4de41cf4eee2064ef97a9c9d988be907f8e78369b6e47ac
font_02_sfnt_off000115dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115DD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1