Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e982915b1dc80864…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-08-16 03:42:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: dba617516f1b0b878bad8ef6704ed598 SHA-1: 21f5002747e18d92a3e0aea6ede19aae614ec45c SHA-256: e982915b1dc80864a6cbc4977f4bfccb19ef47d40cbab078768aadf8b2d132fc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate this redirection or exploit.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9904

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 http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8cf78a8ec5---luzakufajuloxixetim.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ef3aa25816f2ba67322b6f690efc233/14100315087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acrllpplvu671rqp6v3n9ob9g3/nigalawefijamawilarezoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b50ae78728e---pataf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ab38080531---mitubewebozosuvegenamil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gii2onu9knsfbopggbfh7bu9n8/pajixobexusanoluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccaad872298---kejuxozupabixemofuzawitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalsolar.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a6ebe4b052---mosagaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bachtungcompany.com/upload/files/bozipedur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipkeo.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80101025412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e529aa87672678f86972f63852378d28/lesagikipivuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/di15i4hja7g123rp8o7m9l96u9/35029426678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totounited.com/contents//files/kopub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ca1af88395---91609854405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cc6ecdba925d4a2881e3bc5e3c68f8a/tusiken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610716c427de0---7307689096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexhoffordphotography.com/temp/files/file/diperuligorezuvixajugar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.roosprommenschenckelfoundation.nl/ckfinder/files/files/5950237342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ptogel2.com/contents//files/pudadufuwemibelixesado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kargo-box.com/uploads/files/xixukufaxelezipav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fishtech.org/uploads/userfiles/file/file/81534043903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weborder.cloud/userfiles/file///kuninidudoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alice-immo.com/userfiles/file/zifuviso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpinist.store/sribati/editor/uploadfiles/43090333627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ever0036.com/assets/uploads/ckedit/files/20210625170851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psycare-spb.com/userfiles/file/20183981771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=interpreta%C3%A7%C3%A3o+de+texto+com+gabarito+8o+ano+multipla+escolhaPDF 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_off0000e63b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE63B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE4D 18536 bytes
SHA-256: 44e7c08c0cb613e97904ab7e178cac854425f4b63cc837794636ceda001c0ff9
font_02_sfnt_off00012c1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C1D 11928 bytes
SHA-256: 4ae3f6ff7493182385ed5294554cf9634acad0917d73b8788a2f012fb61b1f40