Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e5667317f6a9861a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 19:23:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: bcdf03f9c0795b662a4c50a8ba987f0b SHA-1: c23a75bc63e0bef47a2261cfdd5d939a50cb89f8 SHA-256: e5667317f6a9861a156254c696e973202fcd4b057318f24a8af08acec028fbc2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' specifically points to a link farm strategy. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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 https://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=wortarten+%C3%BCbungen+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://firesystem.ro/imagini_ws/dipufowitezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/arvpngg6fn20h2j3oc0j412753/kunebeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chsjackets75.com/clients/a/ae/ae1e0d6431e3080ad3d3eb1024a27f31/File/16766591033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71027499829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07c8cfd2fb8a85b8133014574bfba059/8159319039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083946b68339---vogudobap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160797a2bdad6f---jesupirabem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nollve.com/img/editor/image/file/76086727919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arunimaflavours.com/userfiles/file/dulejetureg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avandcie-automation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dawujub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paardenwelzijnscheck.nl/app/webroot/files/ckeditor_files/files/58347209188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077b657de3a1---ronojopom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carparts-fixture.com/file/file/3132800994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulsquare.com/userfiles/file/fobadimapivoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioguagnoni.it/userfiles/files/dojapoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camel-republic.com/media/userfiles/files/7579321915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioindelicato.com/userfiles/files/29258333803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160beb52ec75ae---82684966967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09a002e862f6a2204c9d7333e5037982/fijuzupamogara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioguidobarbieri.it/userfiles/files/venipiwebojokatutidivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f5a0d331c1ef8cb13c0707922e346b3/pulopelovezanapaguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonalightingsales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa6eebd4efd20bc4d94b6534d0a79928/25189652122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d693.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD693 19760 bytes
SHA-256: f97c157359827b0adddced612bd1037f3f98a7b3fccd73a43d184050d6ddc50f
font_01_sfnt_off000108c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108C4 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 66607ff4569796438c0bea0be6c9fb4ea7f1fddfe88bed6cd8fbbca99bc38973
font_02_sfnt_off00012107.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12107 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1