Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e7a4bd101c5180c5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.0 KB Created: 2021-09-19 08:46:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: d97bc131df062167c070377157774857 SHA-1: 48601080f80377896af11a724ff96712930362d4 SHA-256: e7a4bd101c5180c5b47ae6e611fe327e07f989ef00569469ccb90ae1fadd56e4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. The heuristics indicate that the PDF links to compromised CMS upload storage and uses disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the true origin of the malicious payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://dermatologie-francophone.com/userfiles/file/87571130333.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b20d05aec2fc745ce71dd7dd27232fe/81314382060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atputasbazes.lv/images/userfiles/files/6397670627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitarasign.ir/data/file/54435841591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dcmheavyequipment.com/admin/images/file/lugozitazifedojezatot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pakistanchristiancongress.org/userfiles/file/jebonaragexikanefosika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loscogliodifavignana.it/userfiles/files/23877985965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceccardolj.ro/userfiles/file/98419348977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.forteks.com.br/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/Images/towadedirufisewovenulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132ab0774a7a---lifagemagukamewotuvoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kavernoklub.com/campannas/file/18346048532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redigonda.it/userfiles/files/3961432568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fptica.ru/images/file/95779518750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linlinline.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35688028338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khunghinhdepphuctin.com/media/ftp/file/14351294364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambiance-cinema.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7033467b61a22c6ba4c142aabb657292/97990241803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.smwiarus.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pavobudimoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niestachow.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/30773665868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pnmanagementsolutions.in/uploads/fiwaninawalumomunozexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lagrupacio.cat/file/kidozifomoloxefikurudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agroanaliz.by/upload/editor/files/69745809470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotojursa.cz/userfiles/file/1639322744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geodavidepini.it/userfiles/files/sofon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cfaegaianascente.pt/portal/userfiles/files/vedugodizoxapumazebukifan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=easy+cash+job+apkPDF 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_off0001023c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1023C 19944 bytes
SHA-256: ad087da315f8478a1d239248272ef3f5a1b801a709e5a6bcbb8868cd18bee01c
font_01_sfnt_off000136d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136D5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014eec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14EEC 10356 bytes
SHA-256: a40f8710d51a5be02dc407a82b74133c91bb8f6a14c5b35e03d650cee43e34bd