Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e721353da780215a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-06-29 17:59:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: ad0d48b8afb9c4c1922c5e8a66fa7c9d SHA-1: a7a46ecabe3705100223e9f30152095e02c21488 SHA-256: e721353da780215aadb0da2e73565f8161462c18b36d58df69e5a41d8c7f3149
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it is used for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs, which are presented as puzzle answers or file downloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da0ce85c6d1---sejunaf.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lemc6sqlveo90qo8pce5a48t35/wiwamifosaluname.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menlopark.com/wysiwygfiles/file/remewekederedepusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2e30d19a58---47250051791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolphinegypt.net/userfiles/file/73301667640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirsanov-maslo.ru/uploads/tolexekogasosekul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yoko-ono.be/images/userfiles/file/48208310243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://driftwoodcc.com/userfiles/files/jetakoxemirodeduwabugugex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607248de05f1b---xukexokawilenib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveworldtogether.com/datas/files/56137035511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.us/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hhhq8us79ofuovjovsa6a70fi6/91501497056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jgmurphy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/685ff87ae46920424091372f49f6c957/momufivifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d125eb8330---99291065006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://partnerplus30.ru/images/fornews/files/51434170753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/emr78h32rps0orisvdvjsfm157/lanutafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb10cc8ef1---loketewofafekalad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelport.pl/userfiles//file/ranim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160992c9f48064---galaxaxasedufabanofofiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuzitedij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uniqueartzz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l85t5rneifbrhumgqbfectoh96/59193856617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://absolut-fit-and-dance.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8k7t3o9g9pd5thachquucttbh/7383013779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacda.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/flig246c9k0kopjn9m0c2okcl6/98324058053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iece.in/userfiles/file/fonurawurodututukojipobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hnspkjx.com/d/files/69143317060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=cookies+banana+clock+puzzle+answerPDF 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_off0000dd1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD1B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f532.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF532 10780 bytes
SHA-256: fde1244e5e3b0fad92a2dd6014dd6c6c46f2b7552df4ec7304827b7b9b798405
font_02_sfnt_off00010e13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E13 17644 bytes
SHA-256: 3a12ed22b8311f92c640693eeadcb995c5360d18a89b7944cb60b9f64cd54e3c