Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e7e516ebdfb02d33…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.1 KB Created: 2021-09-14 13:57:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: e56de0216c6d6685de0e88a011259743 SHA-1: 5ce487720c96c946290979f9475233fbdb386c71 SHA-256: e7e516ebdfb02d33762d9334715e5d2f203071deb8be7ebe195046aee3e76bdb
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+screen+recording+snapchat PDF link annotation
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132a7e5c765d---8672334449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americandeliorder.com/uploads/files/47935996413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopassarotti.it/userfiles/files/15785840630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichibus.vn/uploads/news_file/36737085901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fcfadaaa88---47060430307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://registracijakoncar.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96023566143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dungcucaytrong.com/images/files/jezuzanifowipex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sukhonthip.com/file_media/file_image/file/luxafijinugufigude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fornacedelia.it/userfiles/files/sakimudukuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodomus.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fidoxilijopokamagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.culturehousesun.org/photos/file/mojuletumixigepunusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thermocomfort.ca/userfiles/file/fivogokidotimijiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gibisch.info/files/files/69489289459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linpus.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/44977613699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://himalayakebab.irafbrothers.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/tukidabujozegisili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yeosingol.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210910_21966EC5FCD2E429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.feniuniversity.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/movotefosikupunuzij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videlec.be/ressource/file/susob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42rr3dq1194fnsrdlugevcf7vg/20797722714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polaryachts.com/res/wysiwyg/file/zofotagugakepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-plaza.com/upload/userfile/files/vejaforagutovosamorafoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maility.pl/_ADRESuserfiles/file/5545735895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cluster006.ovh.net/~greeters/namur/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15211849471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000c2d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC2D7 10728 bytes
SHA-256: 06b7ca23486091df15501498f0a2cf1311d1d43dae96f50039af88f36b6cd79e
font_01_sfnt_off0000db43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB43 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f355.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF355 17092 bytes
SHA-256: da533c56696ce5c983b9091e32732945908ce2139dbf44d1d606c21625a38ff5