Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e641c4142f29dd97…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.0 KB Created: 2021-09-26 04:30:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 9f84ff9fbbcec2f583b47198cb17360d SHA-1: 67877123f5861a123921ab5291ee0423aad170e3 SHA-256: e641c4142f29dd977f2306e52db63c5ee3dcbeffc944ace72cc2ba70cacf1688
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, strongly suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://cozycornerexpress.com/uploads/files/petuxadivosedotujoxetetup.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11cca5aa049300aaf270247bf51d2c63/90790813566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130061fba237---18572142045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sabagdasarov.ru/upload/file/wuvijaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://numen-wow.com/userfiles/cloud/files/6407770504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abdon.madteam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42283741856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elistaprezentow.pl/userfiles/file/sevux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uhy-th.com/image/upload/files/kelebobaropomukufuwimop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613024e8ec7c2---5899691658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vidol.nl/userfiles/file/14950886127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thailaundry.com/imgUpload/files/renalifuxusesumadevefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlzj.net/upload/files/20210908054719456362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marktoby.com/akram/know_news/admin/userfiles/file/60112663237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasekurzy.cz/userfiles/file/70166649729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--zb0bw3kv4s8mn.com/upload/fckeditor/file/mijisedavored.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divorce-difficile.fr/userfiles/file/mopolabewoziron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mnarch.it/userfiles/files/66870791962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cmoretv.com/userfiles/48217433639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161421e5b9f833---94279555472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smobiil.eu/userfiles/files/giwebajexom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/ribifesuzotibuloxemezopet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autodilykanka.cz/cmsimple/images/file/xubaxumanaruvifokekejunog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventiliatoriai.lt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23035956996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gt27qot7dvqr8mbjqsn50uhnk3/82313124353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotosvatba.net/userfiles/file/32092571767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+play+plants+vs+zombies+for+freePDF 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_off0000b08a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB08A 10976 bytes
SHA-256: 4751984359ddd6031e30dd937e20b17ef10a1c86022c4b41b71bb40125067b55
font_01_sfnt_off0000c9db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9DB 14464 bytes
SHA-256: a19afe859f3aa34fef42fd542951b57dc0e605a49a84d92ee1920ffd506b950a
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE2B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1