Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e87b04b380c49df1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-23 03:53:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: d29bfd9b58c9d24c2731c74da8d45c1c SHA-1: 47e3d50aee0e8e488f5189cebcdaa896986c373e SHA-256: e87b04b380c49df1a9c7d211ce9b8f4b98a4b6066b733e0b65521c6f68b473f4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/nuzododexugogufuvibalose.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c358b642f01408b86ded988efde9b649/50278830579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29d06841d6cd5fdb93d9f06ce225e861/bikugozinepagaxoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132bb5f7a187---fozobifasabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://learn-atdi.com/uploads/files/wodepet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferado.vn/userfiles/file/42124022751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hilimall.ae/uploads/files/51198127432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portecitadelle.portecitadelle.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gusufudukiwuwakelaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cda.org.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/296657882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duplisite.com/userfiles/file/84185980236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleiberit.ru/files/file/fatesoduketigivogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bepxuyenviet.com/upload/files/kofatevusepagavugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://momentous-inst.com/uploads/image/files/nijexemekizurirulojurera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://7foro.exceltur.org/exceltur_nuevo/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71746969783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b73a34599d---zapisonerum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2r.su/uploadfiles/file/2021090620574173499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrcubezpieczenia.pl/app/webroot/media/files/35664344127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/687cd46bd28ba2f743c88e895494fcb4/dakugun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144e035648f7---dibabefiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/47796583230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thomasgearon.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/dikezuwelaxeraxorinug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bloemenwinkelindex.nl/images/uploads/vufotesobibana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ore-processing.ru/d/files/nemux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.artefuoricentro.it/js/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93972963604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nemalipics.com/zuvebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfhconsultancy.nl/userfiles/files/31961687385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=phone+password+unlockerPDF 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_off0000ddc2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDC2 10700 bytes
SHA-256: 4e3754210d029230085c5cca728c209c26ff7f31aedd303c967976cd6cc197ba
font_01_sfnt_off0000f653.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF653 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010e65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E65 18088 bytes
SHA-256: f1229ac43b1c084cc40f4fbced558e51c311ae6742148cfc056268eab40f77f6