Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e647f7ebc9b264fd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 05:21:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b8a3e7798283024471b9a53eb890976d SHA-1: 1cbc2a2e6018cc6630fd28e4ae4c5601757fcfa5 SHA-256: e647f7ebc9b264fd4b5827ced6aaa023bfdd3892749b87359f48050202df7426
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating malicious actions. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, several of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute or host malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://okmarin.ru/userfiles/file/gepabi.pdf
    • http://dabaizhongxue.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-28/20210528115813804974.pdf
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f32595484eed2c6d6f5da2d1eaff54a/93559874606.pdf
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/402118f90b8070d1f6e35d5668226003/guziluronamurutoxil.pdf
    • https://anukulagrotech.com/userfiles/file/jinup.pdf
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161292b2a7b0f5---95482230439.pdf
    • https://sasalidayanisma.org/uploads/file/62022843526.pdf
    • https://promobryansk.ru/userfiles/files/duvibupofeg.pdf
    • http://ototavandosemesi.com/resimler/file/20709947061.pdf
    • http://jrpst.pl/userfiles/file/37816957605.pdf
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/64996364361.pdf
    • https://florerialafloresta.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kawajogogawitebonore.pdf
    • http://nassagroup.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68226623709.pdf
    • http://soldresold.com/Shradhdha-Mehra/soldresold/final/ckeditorimage/files/89108152052.pdf
    • http://thienthaopc.com/upload/FCK/file/punuxugibedo.pdf
    • https://khanikango.in/file/gekesejedetoguwonetakuwi.pdf
    • http://laros.cz/UserFiles/file/99876082826.pdf
    • http://clairerolo.com/userfiles/file/nilaweva.pdf
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0ea1605086---73932997844.pdf
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/goliwadalisit.pdf
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00044ceacdbb0b17543fc0a9a8ee0c78/89098333046.pdf
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091f9a4a43f3---robimibok.pdf
    • https://acrgroup.nl/userfiles/file/xereligozibelojemisolik.pdf
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f01458ba8f---zudawinevuzo.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=esteban+echeverria+ontologia+del+lenguaje+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_off0000da4d.bin
227ae36a3d144958306f530da0499ba89ea928ef7dc9dda6f4c6f720d4302089
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA4D 18776 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000109b3.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109B3 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000121ca.bin
5fc055cc7a598cde714699c932136f941d7cb5a2f3e9c942c78201409cf45050
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121CA 11320 bytes