Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e5030156a6eb4b03…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-07-23 00:36:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 538dd2d0f7462cd4804e8df7a62addbb SHA-1: 5492c92ef9353e8dd1a54b929301649e1b4eb3f2 SHA-256: e5030156a6eb4b03036f99c3b3a9e29cdbab414fddc7cff6033ccb8d1d8e61b5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript and link farm suggest the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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://sotel-perm.ru/site/file/kemexuzun.pdf
    • http://moestuinwebshop.nl/userfiles/file/79993387521.pdf
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096d4cf87b07---72350551618.pdf
    • https://vietfun.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03en2f0drdv7kk2gcf1prmjndp/93542539142.pdf
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/tijibafuvolesibitan.pdf
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ae60cb1c3b2d9b299c1e26587ce28f9/letiruzejuwibebasabeguba.pdf
    • https://armagedonspedycja.pl/files/file/wovubomaj.pdf
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65323324991ea8bb8d8981182849e551/dazepevimeneroxavinomak.pdf
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3617152f09196b3f59ef0605a96be971/sutikivizugodofimesa.pdf
    • https://sensiblemachines.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/liter.pdf
    • http://soundreaming.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be1813713a57a3a21b41d885994f6d8c/nasipob.pdf
    • http://bulmarconsult.com/files/koguwusoza.pdf
    • https://win-win-keiba.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tetolezofe.pdf
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087653184bfe---19803244957.pdf
    • https://intervalhousehamilton.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bezufavis.pdf
    • http://pokeocncafe.com/uploads/files/11590820674.pdf
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/imusi97h8p5mim1604cmvp9rp4/vukuzidusazomobixixizuw.pdf
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4u9j8eam8d01uc99mo0ffen49c/gujulepexupidutexexikato.pdf
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88cd8e0f58a2bc4460073cc222469a81/zegune.pdf
    • http://beateromer.com/bilder/file/91181808519.pdf
    • http://chongthamnguoc.vn/img/files/difitugexelisogowuf.pdf
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2afaltibenbtc3ajl2tna2kflf/budaxaz.pdf
    • https://anctools.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49703294613.pdf
    • http://duda-tech.pl/dudatech/upload/file/noluwopem.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=advise+in+afrikaans
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d8ff.bin
4b4caf20848f583f16324010ce19e3bd4be3c2b4c5f619df6bac5ccce0014e7f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8FF 10220 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f019.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF019 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001082b.bin
3d742bace141a6db91e1512812a9887ae40788ee60c02e76579692e6eab07935
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1082B 16992 bytes