Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e5152fe201d68c53…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 00:23:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 18800fb8dccf41a3d6220fd5c188f2db SHA-1: 1e950c3d7d43170abf334a28f4cffbce30245321 SHA-256: e5152fe201d68c53926ad73bd321f3c24a238be366a8ce6bf1206e6210bf27b7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple PDF files hosted on compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a56f1da5525---pedoxujevetusudopozan.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sportsslife.net/upload/ckfinder/files/dokexelakajapezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ce5d828861---zolovegewerajeloxuzobujar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maezawa-jidousha.com/js/upload/files/numuxogokotukim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artdealer.vn/upload/fckimagesfile/0fcaf6650c0f19671b4ab7fbc404d69c.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://walkandwagforveterans.com/clients/9/96/96cc06f6b2a5429c1325f0b535cddba6/File/71246815977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b71fe331e111f674d59e4cf37cb31c33/84835705932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aftckwt.com/uploads/file/85976683527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hitpoint.tw/userfiles/file/91881663594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sendedianqi.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-17/20210717133152863275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/73255762275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emprenderem.cl/files/lumavik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiksha24.com/userfiles/files/9352512770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serpavenger.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47408495641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrenickels.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38039579983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d858774506---88591914585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1fef0de2ec60622a45f223418cd4e26/zajisutinikafus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penzionnakrizankach.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muzamufibubaxoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16110dd1a54f78---42667418956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seanmore.com/userData/board/file/96085829244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volareinmongolfiera.it/userfiles/files/tugobix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb23b53c4f1---48185406300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+contingency+theory+of+leadership+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_off0000c37a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC37A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000db91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB91 11004 bytes
SHA-256: f5019651870cddab686e8ee049a31ad3e5c97ce4eef324848b15cbfa4336a99e
font_02_sfnt_off0000f4ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4EA 16540 bytes
SHA-256: 7d6e824e797687aae32ba33cf4f681aa438207f58ce1f5f4257d65c33762faa6