Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e6dce25fbc202785…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-07-19 10:34:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: abfe171af5a69e8caf7b197a720ebd0a SHA-1: ce2bd3c67119da2f1e607bb70fce90b34d693643 SHA-256: e6dce25fbc20278549554c058deb4af5702f570c7728c4125294b58a5bb073c2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. These links form a link farm, suggesting an attempt to direct users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a28113f167---zisinaj.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b2efa33618f9ba42ab61506825c819e/80296404116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24g4146v47hedg3j36bv4njqqp/35219432605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/38961913640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noblacklist.pro/web/img/podborky/files/sawasumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo.iberia.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69565138149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cncostruzioni.com/userfiles/file/zukegasoparudexenosoxow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aisef.org/uploads/userfiles/file/file/72954081401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ed47f01ee9---47265787680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bowenlawmt.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zidigujurefimapibodusowug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/26705626408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5ac09fe1c31bd060969a6fd9f7a4f91/pegabumujotalexoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cascinamana.it/userfiles/file/42728305059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3bedfa80beededebf7be43578476b06/wavemufimukererugemajunag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09432ddd3c2f62aa9189d179c50c81bd/temidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb79085e19---gelakujebopixamemuzub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd33243a5b81f929f1264b916accde17/99503578646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytopics.it/uploads/file/vuladuketigipemanewawak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.varisistanbul.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607efb2ad28ac---votolumukozixono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kimtuong.vn/isc/public/files/fckupload/file/nakobejudeduweduguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4uk3sgacqdnime652pob8jr7ot/38560426672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cb2c492f6c---60758626371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b678767894---60127337394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=what+do+guys+find+intimidating+in+a+girlPDF 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_off0000f994.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF994 10876 bytes
SHA-256: c4f323cc787108f5a101f2f811605016eef0462774d6fa65d3a0f235ef696fe8
font_01_sfnt_off00011253.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11253 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012a65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A65 16608 bytes
SHA-256: 1850f2d96becebf12df9bd924b8c106ed5cad6312063ee56000cb98b7965bc85