Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e941c0fc88b51821…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.2 KB Created: 2021-09-27 11:25:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 637447da5f3b7f1c141e4cec490085f5 SHA-1: 89e3016f566669f30ecfab7710df59dedba54541 SHA-256: e941c0fc88b51821225736a5453dffaebab1cc27f6ffe9b9c3f0640e3e6e74d7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download of a malicious payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://goldengatetaichiqigong.com/userfiles/file/refan.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ngaa.org.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85977280485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stonestudio.pl/files/upload/file/28876348481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomei4x4.jp/js/upload/files/xozurati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brihat-group.com/assets/userfiles/files/kekanokodidesin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://genarchi.com/data/temp/file/99722643243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/204078dcc0248d4db1b6a94d8a60aa25/22266768509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ser-buk.com/userfiles/file/15072544573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bienbao.org/uploads/files/safokabadasobutegiwomev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unitekinfostructures.com/userfiles/file/56313503226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iword.de/userfiles/file/21662377397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tmkb.org.tr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zoboxesekijovalulabub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brixtontaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/liwududovujagur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viquadro.com/userfiles/files/89337792394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28f0fe201a8b0a504149d9d56bbd2000/regamumoridekosaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orikon.net/Images_upload/files/bedamavezuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133bea1e2670---60045340764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artstudiodesign.it/userfiles/files/44854708594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catedralirodahaz.hu/data/editorfile/70906826300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161436cfc80535---51077903184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whatproperty.ng/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xaragopexewut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sapporopools.com/contents/files/94005569917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/68997456441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bodemveenweiden.nl/bodem-veenweiden-img/11181062337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monarchiaerembolt.hu/tmp/66504067455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146f9d210474---66017108419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=track+india+speed+post+tracking+numberPDF 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_off0000b24f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB24F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA66 11104 bytes
SHA-256: c4b4895d1f0960ee45e582093431181b37410c5f1624ac510cf3885bc0a73ab5
font_02_sfnt_off0000e3e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3E0 15420 bytes
SHA-256: 404c92b44816429cba9ab80e656f7bfbcf4972906e5f438579eb98db859e03fc