Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e5f9caadf18bef22…

MALICIOUS

PDF

131.8 KB Created: 2021-08-09 14:35:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: ae522ea774954d536bbcebfffd674a96 SHA-1: e724f8f51952d0a08eefa6c853865bb48a2d3fbb SHA-256: e5f9caadf18bef22e9cadf9dac9f07803d13fd5b64fa004fc5e9dd5b4f9ad023
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, 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 0.9977

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.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fc7ff24b85---93131972850.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609df7032a8e0---35427102399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dsdj0vkub0qtlbudvsnvvvcm6v/vazuzajerugaseni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smartstone.ca/userfiles/files/94624747774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oreade-breche.fr/userfiles/file/panojobuwesusoxubogitibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaykpn.com/uploads/editor/files/30563485821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tribo.kz/userfiles/File/paresatosuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansungsala.com/uploads/files/51498180033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brcassociati.com/userfiles/files/77929309728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gshosnab.ru/userfiles/file/zuforugiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wumag.pl/userfiles/file/bezojaxigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3e5f41109a3a686b1edc7ab17f663ea/xosuzupiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bc4fcb944d189f1d79ae7fda9c189fe/zolorexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://circolonauticofavignana.it/userfiles/files/temoludirokawidapijosada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divorcefinance.nl/uploads//file/kibekozajirorudedaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daieimotors.com/js/upload/files/32731665362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae5309ec092d05b89862c92d59668cac/gurozagoluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbf52044e6e---86854928916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085409c1c1c1---63688674365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doorsatyrau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64153195896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.greenbriarpropmgmt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3314e24847cb24d92cf8c88dc8f4193d/zudafotaxinake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a14282b604d---15281724888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://residenceraffaellotorino.com/userfiles/files/botexegamofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=harry+potter+eo+prisioneiro+de+azkaban+dublado+google+drivePDF 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_off00018f25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18F25 25376 bytes
SHA-256: 5b593492e1eaaba4c0df5f82a9bc913ee48b0d9fda415fe021a3927db941bf2b
font_01_sfnt_off0001ce7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1CE7B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001e692.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E692 11128 bytes
SHA-256: 1be629cbb8a5cf2ce73fcbcf465c42f4f386589726ec3b12e13db537fc7f1425