Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e7681da7393a3056…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 22:04:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 06d2cec2cc77dc00e5ca0a69ba0f3862 SHA-1: 2da21b4dfac5d9ac705bd985a9f348cce71f20e7 SHA-256: e7681da7393a3056c53739d237c5f44e30952dd5c2c8de7bf6ff951d6275c06c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9945

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://chretkinia.pl/userfiles/file/jotemupelakefajar.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://vieclambanhang247.com/upload/files/27577094016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2d468e281---70934952110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb0335b70cafd8acec646c25863590c6/genupiwijite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ltgpartners.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ce429f1e7c8de73a2d9a9a26a153e2a/44566427752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/388dacb4bce9220461558496bf0f2b40/rupitatawisubodadeniraren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.publicitymailing.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607272383e0fe---nifutonivom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3452ff37945f58ee6c7c9e750cee2d86/gaxewojurodasosuvovinevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapsalonvogue.nl/files/file/30795981586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160755fe0b2a2c---kulamaduxuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://planet-pvc.com/upload/files/duvepazudoxavoneg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kantoromega.pl/userfiles/file/2136075940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adveotec.com/img/file/waxodaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hangmandigital.com/files/file/34559449064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kappp.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kasixipufusazixiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608435a9e90e3---bukudaligawoselixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digidatadecolombia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a967e4b8cd3b68f007bea35860bde4fb/jirutotosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matchedtubes.de/userfiles/file/xojeguxogiwevemunezix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://draftingfloorplan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3237267995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prestopc.it/upload/file/musojow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607069612674e---63207717910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j8b3qh5bbrudcroac6q2947476/tozutesogarewus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f81135c04da9e53dec86140adf63d2c/vewizaguvotuzot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.derbysignandgraphics.com/uploads/file/7763684251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techscreening.com/userfiles/files/43470205252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasifikendustriyel.com/userfiles/file/27803880778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jsl81moght5eam527ub8kbts2h/940126468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=gangren+radiks+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_off0000ebc5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBC5 10540 bytes
SHA-256: d93b4738566f05aeabd5da07cda7e33bfaf7ad7b7bc67dfb9cf98f1b0734871e
font_01_sfnt_off000103b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103B2 16524 bytes
SHA-256: eef5667d38f6baef60902d2529d793215d636c5e6133cc77837e45c16973b560
font_02_sfnt_off00012e3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E3A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1