Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e85dbefe141902eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.8 KB Created: 2021-07-04 18:30:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 284b49b68288afe8c928262fe48c65f4 SHA-1: f143ed787ad98d9ea3c6fd5fed59089b9d78f8dd SHA-256: e85dbefe141902eb7f9e6b300eed079fb57b823cec8b8939bf6334ffaf020faf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve as a link farm to redirect users to malicious or phishing content, a common tactic for distributing malware or stealing credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=going+over+and+beyond PDF link annotation
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160700805144fd---4953012983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mfdesign.hu/files/file/wopitanub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f6a489d9f---93484835431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motelandratecuci.ro/userfiles/file/66675524030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9285dc13211c0649c93130320af178f1/3597620354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famillespourstarlight.org/clients/a/a9/a9b42c05011d3bb27e7f7ec2ed30324f/File/gipodop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c4128792e5f3d2c5ab24ba6177e3402/vitesolowifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://implant-drill.com/userfiles/file/zobejedomejowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konyaozgunmobilya.com/userfiles/file/fatisevaxosupuduzaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5247f4ff966d0842ddcc9676cb3e0cf7/22600260501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfasg.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xufosigepupevunonazapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rowtheerne.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6105e11b6ae8578336f875257b9456e3/xavijufomatel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160914c902cbf6---97894910007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luyenthitoeic.info/userfiles/file/27052737687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a537782f836---63915349081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dea0a5cfc02bac4bf21e5e6cf274ec55/jojorixeburamepaxolufozag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mvpartners.be/images/uploadedimages/file/nivirut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luyenthitoeic.info/userfiles/file/98111058963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alphaveneers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef10362e511f187e9865ad48b4b55bfe/firimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://circuitvietnamcambodge.com/hinhanh/file/kevativemopumagitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4d0f280e51---26341895301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ud2-140.com/files/wopuwad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.westcountrystoves.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71faa9ecabaecb5eb7ec63e35375e953/58148768807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160732aed75b84---2463692977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce64890b8e---guvujanokedovovazola.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_off0000f6e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6E3 23204 bytes
SHA-256: 8361ba889e74bdda20969181dc98f7beca6c997f4aab7b8aebaac15915280462
font_01_sfnt_off0001307b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1307B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014892.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14892 10472 bytes
SHA-256: 3eeecc5bed0be64b6211dcb826a9c59817c80f8422786a6df46fb0340ddcb47e