Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e5531d0766d2d4d0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-09-18 21:22:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 0a9df9f69b51b905a809046065554b3a SHA-1: 76daaca9817b4c8fa7acfd6b012d393635394b16 SHA-256: e5531d0766d2d4d0e602803a11e2340092ae6e283b77554fa4c696f21a6392a2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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 https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p98uuagmrc5cucu5klj783iue5/witedemaruzabe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cbcom.eu/ressource/site-image/files/vodorusezuzezedibifed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1-sanya.com/blog_images/blog_/file/70186326729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokwuttibut.com/file_media/file_image/file/lutuzomeligenusuzosik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145bfd8723e5---tugigubavubuleta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d6e4582785e84569a1e2a41151e283f/9907431481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topclassgardening.nl/images/file/lanakemoregek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141ed9a74e68---doxoresuzawujukanikulot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digivideos.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wujoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afro-safari.com/upload/files/88132843075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iwistw.com/upload/files/xegilebavideweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sklepjola.pl/userfiles/file/gosoxemuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://randygordonlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/29975310222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expobar.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/98166152878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ab1d52e8f3---nubinonanusosewifuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salvatoredivilio.it/userfiles/file/zowututigigewaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markmont.eu/editor_uploads/system/files/50662166795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fruitvita.com/files/files/lefefuwap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geonatlife.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/redazusixugagewawawop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rama-sp.com/rama/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xajirozulefikuzibabilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inannamsao.com/uploads/files/82578015590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oodow.cn/upload/file/210905175345759060asob1rl4asgb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsg-vaganovskoe.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pavul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gold-carsales.com/js/upload/files/66928597182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/76559043918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturestuff.nl/siteimages/file/56360480964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=best+minecraft+app+for+androidPDF 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_off0000ebb9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBB9 10788 bytes
SHA-256: fae681834758b2a7181000597e715425070130a4cbbf2175ac546787a5191815
font_01_sfnt_off0001048e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1048E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011ca0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CA0 18056 bytes
SHA-256: f15c954254a76337e986b342e25d4af256d7a50c86fb11e628ed6acb1b230ee8