Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e9454e2a33bdc531…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-06-25 14:47:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 52e24b96e54ce576630667a4e26aa84e SHA-1: 3b9cedc28a3f00c9a6d25b5dc2048d98b411fab7 SHA-256: e9454e2a33bdc531d8ff724ff638550e4bf83e39253e6caed4d948d2ba32c493
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to download and execute malicious payloads or redirect users to phishing sites. The presence of multiple links pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories further supports a malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. ClamAV and ML classifiers also flagged this file as malicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1a28e9cc66---sevupexewi.pdf
    • http://albarossa.jp/js/upload/files/zazamizosaravuvewipagog.pdf
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/890185c51b41303d30ad8949f7884be2/valas.pdf
    • http://telmeed.com/web/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fafikeguv.pdf
    • https://puppometalli.eu/file/7002736872.pdf
    • http://resetimpianti.it/reset/public/file/pifexamisobowixejadapoz.pdf
    • https://legacyltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4005817869751add96dd4493c27dc1f9/pakikanenubijudeb.pdf
    • https://aspaeng.com/files/image/files/lifagiliravuburapo.pdf
    • http://webinaris.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/filoxoxasunuti.pdf
    • http://monktonlionsclubkidscamp.com/clients/9/99/99b8b5517e5fb663501b7ee5137ebf55/File/6585442120.pdf
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cb894e63fe---13974798305.pdf
    • http://samurairamenbar.com/uploads/files/zukofasejurerewiwiwo.pdf
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d90upkfsfjmpp6adbr0aevif2/zibamubefafojikuputiposoj.pdf
    • https://robotics-institute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kcjjp4gi30erdvk5ovckn57g7t/gesopadeki.pdf
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/839cfb48617cdaccfc7a43bb10302498/15452212609.pdf
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05da27eab905d8c3d6db9cab9e716013/56941967995.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=i+am+courageous+because
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000de39.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE39 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f650.bin
1134fba32249ce26fa610879e0f3c042a0456bb10fd3fb99353238b58be428ac
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF650 10424 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010dfb.bin
d35f8dbae3a0492d6d7006a2fb1edbe740b83379b18a63cd076fa3531c8a2db0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DFB 16428 bytes