Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e75a4da5e93f5644…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-13 01:38:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 7d82bb0bb40096ea2ce36ce80c9a56ba SHA-1: 8595dadc41c7f24ea6e403dd3cc20f7babb55594 SHA-256: e75a4da5e93f5644c7c6121a9a17a102e01f9e8122d5163901300e58e004f470
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the final destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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 http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a75b6a5c2d---ramixuridoxifi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://abworder.com/uploads/files/79763047516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietsonplastic.com/uploads/userfiles/file/sazejufelerori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medsplus.us/admin/images/file/40247266739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cssh.es/img/file/ziposefidumur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cascinamana.it/userfiles/file/zapem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyermekhaz.hu/Content/site_images/files/jedamisatudovudugetebus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photojet.net/userfiles/file/61781025372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e534a1e86e---43469101681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omprintandpack.com/userfiles/file/97193446567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klhl.com/userfiles/file/20364201715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbeytraining.net/userfiles/file/61125828866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupposcorcia.it/userfiles/files/18389434550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161337fc74fde0---kofedef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shengnabei.com/uploadfile/file///2021090400502390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesura.net/userfiles/file/fubaxumetejovapepaxifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/24526563948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--3e0b556bhrbowi6undva.com/ckupload/files/28178936016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b8bfd9ba7c---20633629169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drproperty.in/userfiles/file/vudusewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161352391dd3b8---bimujurelorugubetale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teraval.cz/res/file/birevebadulurixatuzelak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dspec-car.com/js/upload/files/17961974298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naszymsladem.pl/upload/file/raratadulevatijufoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fond.ru/userfiles/file/58647328548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161340846e676e---16758947627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=transparent+app+drawerPDF 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_off0000d6c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6C5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eedc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEDC 10176 bytes
SHA-256: ebb815465cab65a37a7ae0050b106c493a360458066c16cb2391c4a3b25b9998
font_02_sfnt_off000105d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105D7 18240 bytes
SHA-256: b0d2023779afebfa0102b0a0678e8245b263860af3b6ed37c0d5547c84c9fef2