Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e65eea76a29dd998…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-08-15 23:26:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: dc4fda49156533749fe562d2880a6071 SHA-1: d8dd0af57d4e9d04ccf0b1a013e8f83a2fdfa569 SHA-256: e65eea76a29dd998648cd9382ca4209a6a68d7c0ce2b712d7eae7dd6ee6325e7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to other PDF files hosted on compromised websites or disposable domains. This behavior is characteristic of a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish for information. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9944

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://porterbrothersltd.com/app/webroot/uploads/detotuj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tasarimak.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pigeposo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f60778a599---lobedolizedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carcarnet.com/home/sandbox/domains/hkdance.tritek.hk/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuzunipijovibotim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3a8f2a1121---47953950481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kasekimi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eff577d226---38779261660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muacuoi.vn/Pictures/files/buxotadepemubarebux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eternoohydro.com/d/files/30298236879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dc23fda6fb---66468392760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classicalgardenfountains.com/uplds/file/77541623547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mihalex.by/files/files/tatijozobawowadatebik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210519180519520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077604ca9b98---97425392432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160911eb510dc4---vutimudutupuguluvukegadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/42965548486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ethiquedevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75ab6e4b530982f9b83c929483b75e59/vefofetijogotezagabusesiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodwellassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a0d1a5260b4b7855f3ce3adc6c5ff1e/82492506803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084bd25edd24---litozukok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.southdownscellars.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54594243767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecilingirler.com/resimler/files/nasufizofore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagatjyotischool.org/jagatjyotischool/userfiles/file/boxitovepaliwej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stancijanegrin.com/UserFiles/files/53893076583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c18fff227991ab20f22a3512c514279/salevukekizalaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093ca45b683e---zepatot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamekatus.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/wobujigubarewadetidux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c357f2617a64d24fffba29df0d03e27/98990727147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=1000+projects+in+java+with+source+code+and+documentation+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000e1ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1AE 16636 bytes
SHA-256: 259e7419f512366606f32127715229fdff3957e75123e8464ef6692b643e75ca
font_01_sfnt_off00010d12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D12 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012529.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12529 11344 bytes
SHA-256: 09d14e4afe5d8b5912a7963aae708c59117c54f377ac831dabcacfb0f6f77443