Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e956ad3796647ec2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-07-02 00:47:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 5f8147dc4fa52a50bc32965ae71abb0d SHA-1: 8f4ef9714beb17736954d1d599c99f31e2ce19ee SHA-256: e956ad3796647ec2ac206c8e5f964f56f2e4c28d66f1e0fe0a49f02f89d79bc0
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, indicating a phishing or redirection attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to deliver a secondary payload or phish users. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) and the nature of the links suggest it was likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment (T1566.001).

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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) or Microsoft license-boilerplate 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 http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095eb4003ad8---pusitariged.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cpbnatation.fr/fckeditor/userfiles/file/24730477061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beautybybelief.com/admin/images/file/xugago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://condominiobrisasdelnorte.com/userfiles/file/forawaxalot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/654e80418982a41975de59761b438760/piludelovage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pj8thdl7usr6a1rp7v6vqsdu44/16710975383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnex.cc/images/blog//file/73822269361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdbim.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/zixemirusakezomikinigek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://app8itebarandgrill.com/admin/images/file/gikevuvamuzuzidodanowav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadeavenue.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/645a35bfd612c9652057d090444c59ed/68455545245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://market-oborudovanie.ru/upload/file/29189241423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f49948ahfkprt3jfhuegq1262j/kukesomijukipir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077517ebf27f---logelixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clumba-indoor.ru/files/files/zodik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/razukuvema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ccc0c21ce6e77e0f2ae48db9023c0da/nujijubufixureworupura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animalscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/63454325125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svetpoznaniyaonline.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9dd4f90ddcdfd3e006aec56c18f203d/dobokerovifoliletemisamig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekolojikweb.net/upld/userfiles/file/62934575878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d981f3259f8---56025587726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drive4smilesontario.com/clients/e/ed/ed023a0734c265ca673a92d1d81de675/File/gozujugumata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szpital-sulecin.pl/images/fckfiles/file/47230000678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riskhedgetech.com/uploaded/file/766193802609634f135a85.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learnersdigest.org/userfiles/file/gipegenumofiber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piazzademarini3ge.com/userfiles/files/susexejadipuxevuramo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=jet+boat+boats+for+sale+by+ownerPDF 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_off0000f317.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF317 17364 bytes
SHA-256: 068b311a252368865383e3ca32b627a420a4721d1d28193fd7f5a0d29cfa9041
font_01_sfnt_off00012078.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12078 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001388f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1388F 10444 bytes
SHA-256: 043af3e6cef1b7c089004b6eae39ddae6a08c8bf35315b6a317541d391e41ff1