Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e930355dd3fff3a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.5 KB Created: 2021-09-27 01:00:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c939806884d4003ecf935ff3338b0795 SHA-1: 4c2e17783ff6c2a7d3628a8e37b34ce5e10c7ea6 SHA-256: e930355dd3fff3a49c6ba4b5052b06a7e1fe59fa0e9dc8d55fc6d443524c5265
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute further malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code, likely to download and execute a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://efficientinfocomm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/takirivalipororuwawo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f21eda8f1d---vawimob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161309fad03a4d---domutev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caerulumpharma.com/upload/files/7739011381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoachtercamper.nl/userfiles/file/luvosanifikixevomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.firstpages.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/sumatutejeren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.syria-report.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43331284906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d6f7978eaa---9199981880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evohome.pl/userfiles/file/99336309878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viquadro.com/userfiles/files/62016352852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aventura-agence.lu/userfiles/files/55719706272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://un7un9b3rl1pa7-99.com/contents/files/dugepigiromawopusugev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eac85a2b11---46607690353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fibertech1.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xakakoxoneramewozefose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vimar.ua/userfiles/files/joxefelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daulte.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27111773053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drrajanmahtani.com/userfiles/files/zanoboxez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://resttour.com/images/userfiles/files/59763163934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dajuicebarus.com/uploads/files/69478938550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energy-labels.nl/userfiles/file/2166482001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colleges-in-tamilnadu.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/8208487993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-oilfieldequip.ru/d/files/69944393643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiroi-es.info/yamituki-n/uploads/files/67443862807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebizstekla.ru/userfiles/file/66070223672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://penzion-palice.cz/content/varuzugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ed4cc62ac0---35084773912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=gta+latest+apkPDF 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_off0000b123.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB123 14752 bytes
SHA-256: 619bd3c8989cd3449392a643071aa84d9d2f7c0f31372d50e52308377e7b5d19
font_01_sfnt_off0000d677.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD677 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE8D 9960 bytes
SHA-256: c5608321a488660f3179d33ee5bfa3a1ddcad781de35d4ff8c8e991da54f197c