Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e72bbdc4b35f6f86…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-09-18 03:42:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: afe45817693de1c5b4b3cdb474e09b58 SHA-1: 4d7825878335a3a27a1b369c7ca3d58b69c20879 SHA-256: e72bbdc4b35f6f86b6a279c822da319306b74c5c797919f2ef4099a241768a06
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of numerous links pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting further supports a phishing or malicious redirection scheme. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://fminterativa.net/cms/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sasixibugorategi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://benqmusicworkshop.com/fupload/file/lizegefisijop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rcvizovice.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29855925987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antansconstructions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mutenodusupulup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pk.mo/userfiles/file/lutesufobisemipiviroxixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dogwoodagility.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84493767063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vidopexuronimivubujatib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanghvicranes.com/staging/media/bonukesununasoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portofmiamitunnel.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26262415005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aajude.pt/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85381087234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnshiyue.com/userfiles/file/20210907234921_1369583341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bash.cl/media/file/mesabeduzeverizukixuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138fe79d846e---folutarozig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143144e4717c---vugef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133619283734---kazagazevuninafoxuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlato-stribro-investice.com/upload/files/kolixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikludava.lt/images/files/mapavojabejegazageganabif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ietc-oman.saktoon.com/userfiles/files/litajuvap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6031e1fcc22ea298dc9d9a4a7ff000d6/23859501585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.almuhja.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61331681838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bash.cl/media/file/41028847500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfavs.eu/userfiles/file/59856708877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spiregene.com/image/files/20210908_015105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hondasushi.com/uploads/files/9196048930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=whs+meeting+agenda+templatePDF 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_off0000e58c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE58C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fda3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDA3 10612 bytes
SHA-256: 3843a7946854902b51aad3e4ed8d2fa05d58c536fe722b42939bb6f475873a98
font_02_sfnt_off0001157b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1157B 18468 bytes
SHA-256: a6873b5e644f8ab41c855df1e6eacfd36f322eefb33027d5596c2174a753ac49