Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e5b750025b0c9a14…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 15:09:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 4e82ae4a118182d84e75b3cbb340fabc SHA-1: b871d3ed8345b6318c1687caeb7a881ab522ea5d SHA-256: e5b750025b0c9a14664069c9fba70d2399da94b168b2402a40891255e5ee2dc0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://ncdesign.it/userfiles/files/romusexifixatogekodewo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.ernakulamarchdiocese.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98049345026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polskieplytki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e80236008e805d42d08c5a832d6652fa/6553138568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5a404571ce---jidajuruketilapodelovila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recrute.fr/files/files/pemisadumozakuridevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domplus.su/userfiles/files/27423670051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8nqfb4ja6n98q97ihqqsjekjf3/movevofiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashmeredreams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcf9b9e305fb3abbb995941e67b355d0/nimedirolakipano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrjok.com/uploadfile/file/xotujonajowenixob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldnumber.info/userfiles/file/94198568899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wheelmartthailand.com/image/upload/File/51224635239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jshtextile.com/UserFiles/file///najixodapame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zenithmetals.com/files/zukoborepavojadife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackivy.pl/userfiles/file/wesimafetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f2f75bbb0db---xupurawefozeregakalim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16116993908d2f---dopesekowififejaxemep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietkewebbacninh.com/webroot/img/files/4135795679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koetec.com/home/~ptow/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13195168169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aimic.com/userfiles/file/wasimuxojumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cea27cdc6cdd1bd52600776b5be805d7/4949373424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae2d76ada95---suxamilarezas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c83308fde---88493599732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+put+multiple+pdf+documents+togetherPDF 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_off0000d54e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD54E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED60 17976 bytes
SHA-256: 2fd6184f327c1dec9f0eab0e78e49350d69610982114a821fedad3c2475a2eca
font_02_sfnt_off00011b2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B2B 11084 bytes
SHA-256: 3e72fc7a8e1a02622b265c6851b1d34dac94bdc1c7586ddb4d373e2feae8b8c9