Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e97788eca4428487…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 21:35:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: c55ed50b1c276aeac9c242b4a18dd518 SHA-1: 8e027449d3d9b4f2e7402f3b612464c152e90fd1 SHA-256: e97788eca4428487e61026394e5c3ca2dc57793c417742f87e59e15e015684c4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing content or malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing lure or a downloader.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b456a836860---80108154128.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nadiadsa.org/userfiles/file/7326126096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9bbbf4f1c1f4a56190c2ef46992d4b1/jofatitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontiermea.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13471643373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zpb-maciejewski.pl/upload/fck/file/zudowagesese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cga82.com/admin/File/pudelejavoxaxab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d632e02bceb961502dc149940db63732/73934683199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d76qohfd9mqn655enje5ag28n/temewagebitofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masukpt1.com/contents//files/gubud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asv-solnice.cz/_files/file/sitizofalivizoweloparozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b46bb1a3bbd---69524231495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readandenjoy.ae/userfiles/files/45453420574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aff7178a6a---28013713442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c7c75bfcab---gabakitujekikunutetoropex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ystechpro.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/64308401865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventiliatoriai.lt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/moranirupusuvemoxesofub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguoigiupviec99.com/webroot/img/files/26564628974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d627d32dad21f4fb48e8d9ab4eea767b/vakudasemazogufisolidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071cec94c85c---gapofubavopokolagevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49356ff49465bac4992f499f5e65ed41/62929566729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c91f76a020---nedagajezagefaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu78.ru/userfiles/file/73888010852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anthonygillant.com/userfiles/file/91060969228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsm.hk/images/uploadfiles/file/mirotebetixetajabujelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607de61e025ee---povevediduluxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=plot+normal+distribution+pdf+pythonPDF 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_off0000d59a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD59A 10984 bytes
SHA-256: 8bd168e6c751c2cec1e6c7b25f72befefb6a9955dec5ec780109cb6e7b8ab2da
font_01_sfnt_off0000eeac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEAC 18784 bytes
SHA-256: a7626b110f7f4e407b77598aa794a348f88f05892ece17d3c5bcd598fe5d02af
font_02_sfnt_off00011f24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F24 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1