Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e9e3332faf5b65c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-08-25 17:57:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 63f430fe488d757effb67ec2e02538dc SHA-1: 5da252926dcb9ba769a416aa3d1a3260d87170b6 SHA-256: e9e3332faf5b65c1d12466bdfd5bf9dcf2902176f3f0533a6d5b950c554dab0d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for malicious PDFs to execute code or redirect users. Several heuristics indicate the PDF links to compromised websites and is part of a link farm, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4e702a40925f897793a1fdfc55bee4a/37802180860.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hanahana.vn/media/ftp/file/vaxogenilujudasipod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snoman.mb.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76166488017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/114vo5b5tsvgiqd42clpbs44t4/19606923153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091065b3a3bd---13445965145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ganganagardentist.com/userfiles/file/21316599282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eca98a8490---fagesiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611dac6d4fb92---rofelodopusexeriwoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speed-r.com/js/upload/files/29000949377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4reality.cz/userfiles/files/rekoxovobinajozud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doorsatyrau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73935579354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allaboutdowney.com/userimages/86861367518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wallsfamilyreunion.com/clients/876683/File/fixevubewog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ace15746c34---xotabetum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://congtydaihai.com/upload/files/14074026112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3910fc3e37---dalukabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulsquare.com/userfiles/file/tezuwuxanevofitalabes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cd57e75e8d---zogob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelamadeustorino.com/userfiles/files/puxanivopulid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns.hu/_user/file/rutavukijapekiluzenere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7809831e3f0d0ebecf2fa406cc8ff452/zezoniwefexisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608850e719e3e---rakelavomose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ncdck16msv9ahoq88m1nb8f92m/82253376799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=save+the+cat+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000ef12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF12 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010724.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10724 18096 bytes
SHA-256: b9e0773a2997782c6bb49516ef1d6d0eac2e9269cc375ef75dc6310a74f5d6e7
font_02_sfnt_off00013627.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13627 10584 bytes
SHA-256: 79009b53ba31646308947841172b3aaeb030a76ba5ce59c1c36f2b43b4acda90