Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e5feacba385dbef8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

114.9 KB Created: 2021-08-20 08:23:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: f719ee371088e1d7a5934f0e674c1096 SHA-1: cd8c19da4dbd4a3cc3547282d7d8a11009749f59 SHA-256: e5feacba385dbef8990ae430a52f5fb097d135e67ad0a4260390d3791ee26f27
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features numerous external URIs, including links to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further confirm its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or malware distribution vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=eugene+petit+tratado+elemental+de+derecho+romano+bibliografia PDF link annotation
    • http://www.oneworldkarate.com/fckeditorimages/userfiles/file/83435006756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b9c1ba7851f8dc8fd6d6b484608a032/janazubiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/58471915523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parokisantolukas.org/Uploads/userfiles/files/pizowesaxolidezis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15d34dac20ef786bdcf40b0d14664daf/65267102515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edinburghpools.com/contents//files/zedived.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-fryazino.ru/upload_picture/file/nubigum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095d56f43795---25320988788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e09bf1f725---dosejigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanboo.cn/Uploads/file/2021052805070370554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noventa.cz/media/files/file/16156673045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertrandetgastineaudesigners.com/userfiles/file/21784369269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b46a6f140ce---musabez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fzclicks.com/demo/files/editor/file/19718372800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://supermagnum-bg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zezolikadiwurusevexuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatachau.vn/webroot/img/files/vosuzewirotizebesini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/070688dcf5148b422147f3037f33ef47/mejipuzokawefugaxumatobog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e3f6756e28146d574b6b557323f4089/tedetekuvalimizunakowelig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mnspineandsport.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d0a3f74678f0215a5ec9c4e874de44e/42050676637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obrienbuilders.com/userfiles/file/rufokusilefalovod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tverzhilservis.ru/foktver.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zalimoxazukamatizemum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/42765286147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tndvn.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kogamexedubo.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_off0001579a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1579A 11124 bytes
SHA-256: 4829f283bbca045671ecf16681e20a3db9d3825f1263c6037f8cf65d1c23f875
font_01_sfnt_off000170df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x170DF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000188f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x188F1 19916 bytes
SHA-256: 813c2c46f833bfa98f6c380f04cfbb9b09167f5b543ad02b9be69b2e81597b5a