Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e604d3c0537b5398…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-09-19 01:01:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0a81f4ed638d2417443ff05871e0d194 SHA-1: 8209cc995b1e006f4d2236ebf2e2dacc2abf2fff SHA-256: e604d3c0537b53980b3300169d5d6d29530e366c4d3192cf58c79f5ac17b9b3f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates malicious actions, such as downloading further payloads or redirecting the user to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=samsung+s8+plus+custom+rom
    • https://drrajanmahtani.com/userfiles/files/lazosetepuxiw.pdf
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mit78al9an7n887tssaclsnpqa/fewuduludiwoxera.pdf
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ac87cc2183---26356406728.pdf
    • http://quimis.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xatisez.pdf
    • http://ducnhua.com/upload/files/54482654746.pdf
    • https://menu2uplus.com/images/file/kesipelavuvefegimugopimod.pdf
    • https://loyd.rs/images/file/nuvadelapawalibagodup.pdf
    • https://www.aifimm.it/admin/inc/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65621622830.pdf
    • http://maskaevlawyer.ru/userfiles/file/601194651.pdf
    • https://theshamrockpublecco.it/file/82709354372.pdf
    • http://xn----7sbakn3aoflleitf3m6a.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/kuwufufasevoz.pdf
    • http://zoscm.zohukum.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54760046448.pdf
    • http://getsolarnj.com/userfiles/file/bujenuleni.pdf
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f2efc6cb2c---15072099356.pdf
    • https://wecareu.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26547046641.pdf
    • https://conexkarvan.com/cache/fck_files/file/12433044762.pdf
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139a300f2edb---munijuzelijopizamarelof.pdf
    • http://nousgarage.com/userfiles/file/19089685606.pdf
    • http://phukientubepxinh.info/gomsu/sanpham/anh/files/kezanugezovexoniluv.pdf
    • https://kompaspt2.com/contents/files/majotoji.pdf
    • http://wefocusdesign.com/upload/files/49136251851.pdf
    • http://donkaew-furniture.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67222358891.pdf
    • http://kmsenior.org/file/files/satetefopakobeko.pdf
    • http://anbao.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/tekiwezirijame.pdf
    • http://qunjl.com/userfiles/files/vafugukusovaxekoraxusebe.pdf
    • https://visualmotion.nl/uploads/file/99092374697.pdf
    • 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_off0000e524.bin
ec0364fbad11a927bb56f879050d2e5393d84a939b45d3a8ac54c754328f9601
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE524 18740 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011602.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11602 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012e19.bin
df74ad27926341cb0f1d7c96725bf6977456a650c278d3215e653a5ff54c7b0a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E19 10876 bytes