Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e755fed95b49e9dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-15 11:46:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 7bacc76b35cad6fe304a2cf620174e50 SHA-1: 9d1c10dcd4ec8cc7baa1c83414fcc9bc8f9b86a4 SHA-256: e755fed95b49e9dd5f809646266cde42eb83ae2e98e90069a09057c49080399e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, indicating an attempt to execute malicious code upon opening. It also features numerous links to external PDF files hosted on various domains, many of which are identified as link farms on disposable hosting or compromised CMS uploads. This suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign where the PDF acts as a lure to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://inventory-acepipe.com/images/uploads/files/32777309553.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161323e975954f---81497386975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wuyioutdoor.com/userfiles/file/xagazopexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://macro-e.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/54752606730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungklimamodelleri.com/upload/ckfinder/files/53323698922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signatureshreyas.in/userfiles/file/bitogunokozenakavur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gwardiajuvenia.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/65891352336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funke.be/data/file/70851988067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b853400c30---xubuzixol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chemtron-vostok.ru/media/file/49973990627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biorenta.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6611951247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614066cbc4424---62921470516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613818fa8befb---fibijinigejakesabumupaxek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rkdestate.com/userfiles/file/62552624041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f686cee778---17115049975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeywithmypet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7514452428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busangh.com/attfile/fckimg/file///2021090433746_239730000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161381f31aa1c5---sofadal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicboxpiano.com/contentfiles/wivetesupanojexipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.agro-zavod.ru/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vetutaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davcpundri.com/css/file/96011270913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannhuaduong.net/upload/files/64654072587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.galiantsolutions.com/emailimages/file/31921552943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szabobuszberles.hu/files/files/gakis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinojjacob.com/userfiles/file/ninorolofapiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=falling+fred+unblockedPDF 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_off0000dcac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCAC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4BE 18068 bytes
SHA-256: 17ec9e49fb8f957f80962344b7d8a6cc5b25018a84a30181af79cda212642d74
font_02_sfnt_off00012417.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12417 10692 bytes
SHA-256: 0ebfde3a0905a5e83f47cbc10a643b1a9d1035f7899d1442f505e465b682618a