Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e62aab012666c454…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-07-03 14:58:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 5013cdee6a88d7f13a847f61f62c0697 SHA-1: 435f2eadbce91cf5306542935846029891d23010 SHA-256: e62aab012666c454a9a71290efef7ed1ab841e248dbfac5223341381b8209c6e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites. The heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to numerous compromised or disposable hosting sites, likely for SEO manipulation or to host further malicious content. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=windows+7+installation+step+by+step+images PDF link annotation
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbd3ded9df0c30a9277860882b87115d/51565195245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081986c69530---tonavidajutami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hl1nvapk98b4f7hgjl5u0stns2/tujebetul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgpeo.pl/users//file/futulafuxojazalufuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://satbietthu.com/luutru/files/dezesasujaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--arbeitskndigungsrecht-best-5zc.de/userfiles/file/65782435355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://planet-pvc.com/upload/files/losujekosoligiwes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f0e858eb789d4d1f3daa0c4a363b1c6/2995653261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/emeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160922db3b1d6b---kipimip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintmaster.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ronifejavafojekam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608493f2b43b0---votikagak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0712db8f17832d7adb7931907ca1004f/rujijakaxudarunew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vbclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96d53cc814827d96435ae334dc8ca726/98937635106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalroomplus.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/11505667756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilepath.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6f1cbc545d58d0d275ae7bb44d688c4/45022884704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/044479a8080fdf701b564917921772a6/wuzizod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businesslife.com/content/file/86749842641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ca3eb2ea6---mozogiwenixuvoxumabisixub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myboydfamily.com/clients/7/7f/7f513a2250c12de81a70a6735749c289/File/kipemimurozibefupigetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607569fab80dc---fejajimafatorerijov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d8a604a35e---14729299009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609437708e64a---lorirelam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dc63c9f5aa---15805031311.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_off0000e0b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0B1 11016 bytes
SHA-256: 13f942cc12308e3c1d555fe462d0fd868b628097b0c40221126073b27f29e406
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9F0 17480 bytes
SHA-256: e953b525e52dda1007ddb9b65a68501cb0547982e195972d4e98e8a62ddf7b06
font_02_sfnt_off000127f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127F8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1