Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e75b3adfe7f218c4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

121.4 KB Created: 2021-06-28 13:41:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 20a1b43de548c7822ea1fb17fa3f4805 SHA-1: c71c15baaed6ed6ab21de65826ea90c152aa44af SHA-256: e75b3adfe7f218c4da6a1b59b340cead14d06de61df9d9e9586de0e312ef1bfe
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for delivering malicious content or redirecting users to phishing sites. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

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://www.surajinformatics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d8e52a3cdc933420c40f4e0a57e2ecb/69029080234.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rebel-guitars.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ccea24fc888d3dc8071b730bdac0b31/99216141989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogaleazzo.eu/userfiles/files/79631514525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b82eea230b---tekesijinokum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lex-ter.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8719111738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bacninhonline.com/webroot/img/files/9124656986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05c9b9e43b3f7ab644b57d84c15c184c/sotuxurolesisumeverukizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tailormade-sales-marketing.com/userfiles/file/61309397074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085150bbab19---zufatez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuboni.com/uploadfile/hong202106270303259211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c85697113120c411fadbc348334898d/nemamap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6a37636e1f---sanofis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4k018tdtl7va0pbp5698u917m1/31785886530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zaantraining.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6ffa8e9986---firus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7bad63ad4c1b7eb2bcce1d048ff586e/43788546106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a63ec10700308d5d2f6a0c88a92830d0/rageroxuzupagexidev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hlad4nip8g8mq3k167dl98djaa/28353389638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gunjanjain.com/app/webroot/js/uploads/files/76463853338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiwanquinoafamily.com/shopadmin/upload/files/23710808130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bocghedanang.com/media/ftp/file/bigimujeboribekitekulevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073745448463---83739134615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannhuaduong.net/upload/files/jidivuwanevugidugar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioscoponi.eu/userfiles/files/40783658949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160804a8c19f06---ketan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=playing+to+win+becoming+the+champion+pdfPDF 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_off000172a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x172A1 11140 bytes
SHA-256: 70e0183d37dadf8867bff9e1604188b35b6bef4bf472397b8caef17e8d08aceb
font_01_sfnt_off00018c18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18C18 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001a42a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A42A 20776 bytes
SHA-256: 22dc09ec62393b8c0b7fac66da2dfc338e0e6b6a3cbcdd7e34ba144233252b5d