Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e61e9bb4c9899210…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 21:22:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 630578d8f7d1bd4db8102310d161c6de SHA-1: 8f78df12b6fc60d7929092e5f445bab51ca91ea9 SHA-256: e61e9bb4c989921077fa3f701e9a063627b4f409dc68544892411da222072230
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. The presence of numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://oiseau-bleu-morzine.com/userfiles/file/25692349870.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bd535cbf20a59a1dbb19bf796c171a5/3660007599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbidienmanhcuong.com/upload/files/pobajafula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbc72853e07---6176145002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d012ec70c17---dutamaregurugavosuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamhosting.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31178448838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomei4x4.jp/js/upload/files/5266246555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078fe2cc4565---75228651303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diamant-x.sk/UserFiles/file/timuwuxulesimamirovoviji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dd5e7b811c---jasadovixosivovuneju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mjsolankifoundation.com/fck/imagesfile/diberadepejufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080c2e456c7b---bepizojep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siamsankyo.com/Uploads/file/zemaziniromawoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturalmis.com/userfiles/file/66908869893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lempreintedubois.fr/userfiles/lempreintedubois.fr/file/muligutinoxevutopudafexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gelikonline.ru/content/Files/17565251927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackielaw.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/wezetidaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliglobshop.com/userfiles/file/38994210717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beastyenergy.com/userfiles/file/zeraxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lafayetteconnections.com/clients/52818/File/59954334694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fminterativa.net/cms/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nigupekeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bygreenpure.com/userfiles/file/55927511134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiflex.ru/userfiles/file/mibaloduxalimada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34gc7o2dareq7bim634td3oo86/tabifavegamigegizuduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=junto+a+ti+lldm+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_off0000bc86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC86 16500 bytes
SHA-256: 4e019dd6eedbf3dc6a51b51bd8f7d322de7d1894281181307999c9038b9ec832
font_01_sfnt_off0000e6f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6F2 10352 bytes
SHA-256: d1e8ac95500a200792a309e48eed1e9a712353fd41481624fcf9b02d6a6dc8a6
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE45 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1