Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e718b21f53e1214e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.7 KB Created: 2021-09-24 18:53:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 790d9d546241e788b2957f21f734d0f7 SHA-1: 7100c705c2a2af130bdd9394006ab5cd0c2e31c7 SHA-256: e718b21f53e1214e0689ec8e60c1eedbb51aa9298706b9acff1dbd23034dbd7d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs. Several heuristics indicate that the PDF is a link farm, with many links pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting. The embedded JavaScript and the nature of the URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads, consistent with phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=a+wocket+in+my+pocket+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://dollarplus98.com/images/upload/files/34010377202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139db1445b09---42968411222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanbularicilikfestivali.com/upload/ckfinder/files/25414683613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614c857ce17d6---64567252195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://papinchess.ru/userfiles/file/59242206692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fe7ef5cd2e---risetiloxugiwaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chatsystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/reber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicomaglio.it/userfiles/files/vukebujexibezalezelisoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holocaustresearch.pl/nowy/photo/file/58213917818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artesapanaderia.xyz/aym_image/files/pamux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tpdw.pl/userfiles/file/78937426938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coomargroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/melekadumewevijavem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rocb-ap.org/file_media/file_image/file/pedewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charterfori.ir/basefile/charterforiir/files/luxolitulenosimow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hosungtour.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210912_DA66CB802F8FCC79.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaan121.com/uploads/files/202109101430017507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.leasing.net.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16442726703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://askaudit.ru/price/luxifumokuwufojidiwakewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atenngo.com/admin/sites/site/documents/mesusetijoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gagiongvitgiong.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/povomafarufobugemumib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pension-erlkoenig.de/img/editor/file/pilopalutivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flapboxes.com/userfiles/files/nipizavejimum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613849e6e102f---supofexajufiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portofmiamitunnel.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48039248456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maggies-handmade.com/UserFiles/files/fepapolisapewulebuba.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_off0000c2fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC2FE 10580 bytes
SHA-256: 2ade098c614826197d4f4f44abdbaa719d7dfdac9279d6dbde07e527bc5e7a19
font_01_sfnt_off0000db34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB34 17916 bytes
SHA-256: c0379266b504f9bc58d45b3a767a94e71d7305816e4381b8f7f2021cb50c4533
font_02_sfnt_off000108f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108F0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1