Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e5686e93fc4c6236…

MALICIOUS

PDF

156.2 KB Created: 2021-07-01 10:28:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c4e6a40edb33cd0ea3c7d75879c84994 SHA-1: 8c96707df1372763daf35d92b42cde04604213ff SHA-256: e5686e93fc4c623660819a90e6c55cd7dd6a27f969ebbc808630d27c7e8dc9de
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to execute malicious actions or redirect the user. The presence of numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicates a link farm designed to obscure the final destination and potentially distribute malware or phish for credentials. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

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 http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c352000d87b---kajuru.pdf
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/54497254266.pdf
    • https://www.truegridpaver.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8500c64a33247b432f3ae8860a26122/72797129245.pdf
    • http://airfa.it/userfiles/file/wumapivixivolipus.pdf
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ca4161bea3---49047236422.pdf
    • http://clubselectionvoyages.com/images/file/21001638053.pdf
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f248e146738807598f5187b060a12e27/18811460388.pdf
    • http://hk-dcc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1g5u3nberoe0hin886r32b0vrn/sukimovugitodi.pdf
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18fbfd12b611dcce8ec025cc6fc16100/vuluvakawuzum.pdf
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160881cdb805ec---91254428826.pdf
    • http://imhyuk.com/imhyukeditor/userfile/file/sagutulosokutozo.pdf
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160916bd2185e1---dewijufowamitide.pdf
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b613282eabf---52166283298.pdf
    • http://thaimassagemodel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66212729837.pdf
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8epo2gc66me4lta0hh03kaub45/xamibagud.pdf
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec35d7d7fef988a7d760456a3b091d4d/sutudopig.pdf
    • http://111-orte.de/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/zadaxaxadonojujeve.pdf
    • https://aterhesseg.com/up_image/file/bunovagapexojakaforijufo.pdf
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31d73e22cfe3b02396cfc726a00459fb/15493802590.pdf
    • http://docando.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8379581326.pdf
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098073720ffa---99729600511.pdf
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93c1ab4bc7904c3eeebd9fcd09b11faa/14513265252.pdf
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9chmiv3sk79f55j6tlbvrmmigj/28539661740.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=cry+wolf+tv+show
    • 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_off00020602.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x20602 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00021e19.bin
edc657f7ad96ac1f3511672c6465c58dc1b65a0f77f387872406b8543b03c945
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x21E19 10116 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000234e7.bin
49bd21b02dedddd25fd039b3772874d6fff7b9c29cf4c43f928c4e98c8107b8b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x234E7 17840 bytes