Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e7be021349bb754a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 15:02:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 0ca2dcbc4f2f81b2063e2e62de59801a SHA-1: 9500235ced1ac13b37d683ce13d0093296fa9de5 SHA-256: e7be021349bb754a4f8c0337618dc595a0edae1da72a13060138ae73dc0b88e7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating malicious actions. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://www.sainteuphrasia.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71345534186.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.swissfillon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/808d556dfd85c981ee7f16b7b75b14ba/38189491607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patanamachine.com/imgUpload/files/49786744176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a64d5552da---76390445492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efa4b2d2677dec534a512c1dd84ed243/jatadivedurobuwoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukrainski-rosyjski.pl/userfiles/file/34581519444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d6bbc4243e97f46a2a6a12d29363ab1/56040117261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb8495b061---moneneforokiresatezulofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0307qltcmglm9e10b52rl5md35/vopozidodote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://houstontca.org/Content/uploads/files/milorivomekosuromutugeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a56e455843---rowulopapaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hk-sai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70934738531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160708a9ee7698---94987277327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phutunggiahungoto.com/uploads/files/69657493885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharkovinkom.com/sharkovinkom.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98152648183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stpatricksreunion.com/clients/84553/File/93051830797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a34a22cfed---suvafib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160910082486a0---kejabixepiwidijosekerixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b14a31100bc---gesugixagufujuzuxasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranaghatpchsschool.org/userfiles/file/76739939910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://work4shop.cz/userfiles/file/66346992854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reflectionuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/altdsrs75t91jjmdtq6rmk1ulv/30794932091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4dacfad7e5---92127238961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=cmi+code+of+conduct+and+practice+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_off0000f9df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9DF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000111f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111F6 10700 bytes
SHA-256: fbf7e34836a64c6c77d56d1e5b1211cb1e93920c59c9a45afa0a2eba32c18f5d
font_02_sfnt_off00012a79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A79 18392 bytes
SHA-256: 353e69ba35b19510f25a620c4084f51662dfd347b3ce5081ad0df1f22e9927ab

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