Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e70d6486841d3743…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 02:58:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7c73b863ff14838bc7fd10a75ab1394d SHA-1: 330b2e9e30e72d812b890b5a46428b6428d82690 SHA-256: e70d6486841d37433de5887a782409932f3ef1352e7d2277025c07847523cfe9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to redirect the user to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6dc2139f75---54460516840.pdf
    • https://empylean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t35js637sur9akcn8krr3vqdop/55658287065.pdf
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acb2856f775---wowamesezisenetotoxopaki.pdf
    • https://powermailer.in/userfiles/file/55493276729.pdf
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3086dd9f26991964058e4c9db83016aa/36192692159.pdf
    • http://abwrva.com/uploads/files/pupolupuxilen.pdf
    • https://sensormaticltd.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65639890661.pdf
    • http://haai.org/upload/file/zixixogimusu.pdf
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s37dgcfn9t3lfup6e7a0bfsoi5/39080614511.pdf
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef093d9931f265090dee60fa5acf8b47/muxokejisifagaxakasewubor.pdf
    • https://www.bocamvigliesrooms.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cdbc9039c26eff72439b010c821e2da/xoliwomigexuwoxataz.pdf
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a5259e94b0---51633624819.pdf
    • http://beytarimcilik.com/admin/editor_resim/file/71449366418.pdf
    • https://pataniforum.com/admin/jquery/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suzojuvaxigi.pdf
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607576e5aecf5---66795412563.pdf
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/3359561033.pdf
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b033b915facf79a1a53e76933f1e9ba0/55992506149.pdf
    • https://lapalettedesarts.fr/gestion/file/94173023857.pdf
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/288503dc87c1eafc78d0957bb4ae565d/44670595070.pdf
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e9d3ccae1cb97af299492d89d25cd5a/nuluk.pdf
    • http://babamoleskine.com/files/file/kanub.pdf
    • https://roweryelectra.eu/app/webroot/uploads/file/16230137273464.pdf
    • http://kingsauto-bar.com/js/upload/files/16911722887.pdf
    • http://dakhoanhanai.com/images/files/97385143511.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=rat+terrier+and+chihuahua+mix
    • 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_off0000d298.bin
b3a7452a82663d985b3f399b0aa6b875219ea60d7c2e1117b32f4c21988ca076
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD298 17052 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe7b.bin
51ab11d25505b887814f770d7c40d19f1822186fc2ef08f6c589e75ab9b7edc0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE7B 10548 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011653.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11653 16792 bytes