Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e8e5e5abece6b2d6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-10 07:50:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 9e46ac5b466a1051c840a0a513921fc8 SHA-1: 999d28905bb4577792658332f0151355fad59eb4 SHA-256: e8e5e5abece6b2d67a958ef166838936f5c5252b9566acfea8be983e9ba2cf1d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to numerous external PDF files hosted on compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://implantsdentairesdesmoulins.com/upload/editor/file/gefojomo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://weddingdove.tw/uploads/files/202109011338404679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drentmedischadvies.nl/uploads/files/37831719299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dulichtantai.com/files/uploaded/files/towibutilenubesusoluzizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jj-metals.com/userfiles/file/2021090804023473499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swaving-stalinrichting.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57887179104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b32d07d2cf337b2b8b5213ee55b102d4/13012302955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobile-translator.eu/app/webroot/media/files/suselafunizegupivemowuzuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sk-massimo.com/js/upload/files/fuvebagojuworiniwipika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olgapolyakova.com/files/files/83494989925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613010f33bcb8---90553580252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613aa8a9aa9d7---27492647073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meghdoothsuzuki.com/uploads/xidupuvagamotezeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135494e3ed70---bewevegukuzagagevaveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161352165d22a0---39399924930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naves.cz/res/file/24165199415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videoacceso.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136958fbae3c---fevukizofufabenilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bmo-agencement.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/katabisoleworagivol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://art4you.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/20480251263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swapnakoodu.com/fck_uploads/file/zixagaxusabubulepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eternoohydro.com/d/files/sekuvevidukadonipusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76b4368d1211f018a83b755d5f8d8be4/29541157229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masini-de-ambalat.ro/images/userfiles/nepevidupojejul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pytextiles.com/userfiles/file/tojetelateburenasopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=planets+according+to+their+distance+from+the+sunPDF 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_off0000d904.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD904 17716 bytes
SHA-256: 96f1c81d275076ce4b2b4cb91ab39b2d8dec83b16173b08b5cd470373ba4a5fa
font_01_sfnt_off000106e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106E9 11024 bytes
SHA-256: 3482a7062f4d61c86bc0f4d3226667bd4fa65f1493400a241e9abc409365d35c
font_02_sfnt_off00012026.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12026 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1