Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e5de9dc4a4d0727f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

168.7 KB Created: 2021-06-29 18:46:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: a1215647e041aa65a0ee82d74ad909a8 SHA-1: 2bfffb5901525623809eaf79b3d82cd05abbf92f SHA-256: e5de9dc4a4d0727fe90e081dd0e3e0fb36fb8c49a9f5c247c84dd98bb2e1144c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9707

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=lilo+and+stitch+electric+experiment PDF link annotation
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5dc2e1ac90---44168362113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160710862936ad---panojuloletoxen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086adcc26126---27747415518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccforum.kr/uploads/file/1621447705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argentinaproduct.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/toxikopipebipejimolizano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092201ecb168---78034647433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://djpress.pl/Image/files/41411627731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d679f2387e2acb1db12722dc3e3c4e0/411422858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca5771e8eeb---rasifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f32a7b0a26a3a63a0b0d272bfb51ccc/13387750644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biblioteka-koneck.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97892417593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/315d2cf3a07ec337e7f6deeb0c40665f/sifetowuvarapozemafopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea9250a135ae753568c963683849b20b/kezejuvilit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074d9f82508a---mapuwupimum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vo23.ru/upload/file/52317383458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dagmar-e.de/userfiles/file/22082036035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/528b550fc20dc07f4065dba187142394/48838581924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbc64bb64c0bfc7a11c6c90ff2ed0bf0/76986502096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b246c44ade9---31978282997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dhf-china.com/d/files/94653013413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ci31o43jk408hgm1q6fl89vaq4/87009520685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/11046491057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spreewaldatelier.de/img/editor/file/59083404310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0ef2db04ff---buvupimax.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00022938.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x22938 10840 bytes
SHA-256: c2756b4c9ead6a19142827f230b801f026bb81017bb44bd3eaa3a3a527fa7300
font_01_sfnt_off000241fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x241FC 2740 bytes
SHA-256: 8b264cc3f3dab95572042741c4ddd90ef15be3cc2f974e19307f60339fbc262a
font_02_sfnt_off00024d80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x24D80 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00026592.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x26592 18020 bytes
SHA-256: fc1ac6cfc8c521ff5e5f64b0a54146c4616fbfb281391c920d297987d0d1d260