Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e9e820f55c448104…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.2 KB Created: 2021-09-13 16:29:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 65d3841743a21fd9111718ba25701723 SHA-1: e61657f96fc512489a4ffb6a156fa6553a44b996 SHA-256: e9e820f55c448104fe523e64f755c3e4a71a9de022ce4e695dbe049c8d6ca0d6
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF document is identified as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The document's structure and the presence of these links strongly indicate a phishing attack, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613670018eca1---wonaro.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613abec7cc566---72645421265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fd.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6492131067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://texmet.pl/userimages/file/14190128385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candientushinko.com/images/file/fefazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mizuho-co.net/file/ck/files/fuvozajavelofukuxipapawil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushinamu.com/uploads/files/67309641290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aukuras.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/liziramibaxigefesozif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/6548711303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ce4814dd49---80886216806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pataniforum.com/admin/jquery/ckfinder/userfiles/files/siwof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skywaynepal.com/userfiles/file/tolirofisozupel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eletmodguru.hu/files/files/lunivemevabimilexowomuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161323c1b106a8---pizupopepubukular.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dorapeyzaj.com/userfiles/file/gosuzuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quatangsongvan.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/31226343073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saunadlaciebie.pl/userfiles/file/mosemebewezagepaxezikixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sd-admin.fazendapenaazul.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/60901107750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/nefobizefitosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136eef97bf31---sodowawisav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidequipment.com/public_html/userfiles/file/divenunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceramicasvillaflor.cl/UserFiles/File/tifepugalizujaseligugoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azulejositurry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gur4if3pnb2sqqdlhkn6v445p3/nibepavexapebutizibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecnomatec.cl/upload/file/6132237028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linkevicius.com/upload/galery/file/81225011265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giverny-bkk.com/upload/files/7899648152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=happymod+angry+birds+goPDF 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_off0000b488.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB488 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC9A 13948 bytes
SHA-256: c760329d5a9626df67aa9a73197ee6e32dd9ec8586a9edc1edb652279d856e59
font_02_sfnt_off0000eee3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEE3 10704 bytes
SHA-256: a29cefce168cf7258d2e92cedda1494f5b8da7110c3c8c66d48b1b9ade79ce58