Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e6077364ff0137c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 23:51:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: c048616e510256c437d9eab6fdab18b5 SHA-1: a8d799aea5b1cec53733bc6a48cbbee353b0890c SHA-256: e6077364ff0137c3ebed355381a6b783e70afa0ee2af8bc82c11c43ea56f8bd0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The PDF also features a link farm pointing to numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, indicating a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://chiari-web.com/ckfinder/optimist/files/likakuviporiluf.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9108ee05c3---lebewugamozedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a962926c33---faludujegefowalanigosufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67e4ce2f66818f5907e2fd3ecfdd1998/13698092339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ce9f3c7969---15939981202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16113b83d97767---kakodasefabefefulav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607462c556c5f---84753042614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rheumatology.institute/upload/content/file/bitigifisofidaxiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retroldn.com/userfiles/file/91908648072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/476951d729ed6e670a6447e023ed41cc/65743538880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vce34.ru/attachments/file/70255642248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70d7891c514530591d7bc46c7f296f74/rekigukara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ducnhua.com/upload/files/serizesugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34132b8b916e6bd01eebcfe2065bfd96/8079596575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://registracijakoncar.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94329173024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ktcbkaqk2f7bq8gk019lnt4203/47301971209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kvho7jfvpph11a46gi57lq8oc3/20944157990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u9rvbjeu7jn0m6p9nn118bobdl/91012540067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conflictfreeelectronics.com/ourprojects/chowki/UserFiles/renuka/file/zewenoperejubepogujoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcabianca.eu/upload/file/jofuzalix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daehwa.info/uploaded/file/31776524207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8cac34524e27d66e2cc2cb9204502ff/27171406818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a901977874867212127d8e6e99f98dd/47146403690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f956753557e3e4dde26aee80647de442/zisoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=relat%C3%B3rio+de+aula+pr%C3%A1tica+pdfPDF 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_off0000ca2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA2E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e240.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE240 18604 bytes
SHA-256: 976f34a72d9764b4fa82c2787c13d0b4c9b84ae0098d6ea0e2359aa9d309db00
font_02_sfnt_off00010fd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FD3 10804 bytes
SHA-256: 9d5a815fd1bba4bdd3314ffbf7aa6cce7561b7e44e4d2983de563349690170e3