Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e9e031ea27314b6f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-08-23 12:37:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ea4ef96d725934e8d30280155a6b538f SHA-1: d08556acfce63afd079e89f35485d7a2e00690c3 SHA-256: e9e031ea27314b6f1878ae8a0ff187d49f14852021f471921d833be3a70a0c12
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. Additionally, the file exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9907

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://cuacuongiare.vn/upload/files/widunapajulalulameta.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c06fd11ce5c---46840893545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1319ee0836e26d492619f338e54778b7/bovagisowarebonumeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kimtuong.vn/isc/public/files/fckupload/file/23609859705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volamtuyetthe.com/userfiles/file/tolaroxawunawaxeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notrepanierbio.ch/userfiles/file/jozuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duz-drustvo.si/uporabnik/file/nomiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081c4edccaf6---sagunevigisimabiledo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/sepidanilititikufabadunar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cardion.dk/gfx/fckimages/file/vomilarutumokepir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69cf578a540ee6ae4710ca8b2e6ec611/wubuwoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lactopad.com/uploads/files/demotenamevibasukijataj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fohrrrlfs3liu9sjnofkdufqp7/zikalitozexibugega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefencedocumentary.com/adminfiles/file/16570896655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spvi.cn/filespath/files/20210816010304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forter.vn/hinhanh/file/71172722783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koryosushi.com/uploads/files/lafazobaxorubupunafegado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abc58f4fdd9---9358911636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantos.jp/js/upload/files/3703298730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ed3d7a6cc7---5055107022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c5f9ca2521c464a7ee8b14e0759dd1b/gadowekijaseguwejejopox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fc4e20346f57105440afaef647a8e18/12329883843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab3abf4a431---44553977418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/807c4c3a5f94752cd6eb5329093d705a/79293062028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/619f6b27236e4bd75bc581424d6ff63c/68054863176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8e2a2324161c67ce63fca5cf937c156/85998541007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skylineidaho69.com/clients/c/c7/c7306e0a9cc1d421caefa9c307ca601f/File/jijofononap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giovanniseneca.eu/userfiles/files/20442364860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+ratio+as+a+fraction+in+simplest+formPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dc7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC7B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f48d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF48D 18788 bytes
SHA-256: 610b2f63ece5a4813706fb1425cda5813ed7f11f4761e0f0f825ee15356b5706
font_02_sfnt_off000126a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126A1 16072 bytes
SHA-256: cab8ceee6dea85bf437db9fdd562b8a0aef74c4066cefe7f2a83a632bdc35db7
font_03_sfnt_off00013baf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BAF 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 99f5ced562c9afef547789055684cc9d7c4c887a369f5f3ddbfd804ba6fcc0d8