Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e6a4319076cfbd13…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-17 02:31:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ddf0778f9b5accad758b852e609dd145 SHA-1: 75254c1c27bb8bef1f27b863f2c18c84e9b991ae SHA-256: e6a4319076cfbd13e74ce4ec0119b058f205982666b40d6660c6b3c99802ee58
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including those hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://dolphinegypt.net/userfiles/file/25145970609.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://reklamavysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/kixifekujeboliwekanegore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bienenaktuell.com/sites/bienenaktuell.com/files/file/samotoraki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137b7827ab13---55746379105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a9358d0446---vajapomanutuxozefanow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicomancini.eu/userfiles/files/mimob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsp.pl/userfiles/file/xovaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vnsteeldetailing.com/UserFiles/files/zuminuvojaregewela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benthanhsgfarm.com/images/uploads/files/72576934094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flavio-tonon.it/public/file/maxaduponadekusumido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a172ee3de7---48898688117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourtruck.be/upload/ckeditor/file/xudowadexodumad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://restaurant-kamkok.fr/img/Data/file/54015459497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ms02bet.com/contents/files/12650344584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sladkiy-ostrov.ru/userfiles/files/latovuvejeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asja-doll.ru/userfiles/file/sipuwaruzuzagomokudeluna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bundoreh.com/fckeditor/files/file/84336409255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamvickwhitebeck.vn/luutru/files/kafanuvafojolujove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://catwalkexotique.com/userfiles/wugegidilutobis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khachsanmyngoc.com/upload/files/tedelina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ghidmariaj.ro/app/webroot/files/ckfinder/userfiles/files/budebugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fonnepal.org/userfiles/file/61686500004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baohanhranghm.com/upload/img/files/likufijeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaaaadfwa5aftjhxrkcrg8iwc.xn--p1ai/pict/file/xojapogubiwabamuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=oxford+collocations+dictionary+for+androidPDF link annotation
    • https://mediacentre.aerlingus.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38269640739.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_off0000de90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE90 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6A7 10580 bytes
SHA-256: 4a60265a93f9ec8afdc9bee9aaef3b3c17c4314058e6b7b89c808805701fe4c3
font_02_sfnt_off00010ef0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EF0 17848 bytes
SHA-256: df2b762457f6c5d7b8220ad2123c960a9613728bf992f5034bb18aa796a71d59