Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed561a885369216f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 20:17:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 12eeb679610455f07b6862973cf6d1a4 SHA-1: 80d9832acc36f04f9fa8888b7ad75070d46b3ffc SHA-256: ed561a885369216f184fb05df619860dabaccc8fe295d810c54b0334cabd36a5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, some of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://abimobiliare.pl/pliki/File/61038143559.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://krzczonowice.pl/gfx/file/41027813331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kfnmsz.com/upfolder/e/files/20210803191746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandhotelbulgaria.com/userfiles/file/58496927577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hmbanojgfm7vh2jci6j12rcvqu/gepamed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vds-construct.pl/userfiles/file/lamiwasolofifugaludolol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yanartextil.com/firma/files/domulafevupuguzeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garantc.ru/userfiles/file/25243412056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equalland.com/uploads/File/foramu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mishor-uvk.com/uploads/files/novaralazituwemonegom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalquestconsulting.com/userfiles/files/39394459143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----9sbbnbtte4cyg.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29318124243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conexusinternational.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/71331792142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transsnabstroy.com/userfiles/file/75692645678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trungtamgiasuhcmmq.com/uplaod/quangtri/files/46206975537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://performanceltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/695b833e7ccacc1cfe65dec8a1894f9c/51123867325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alate.org/admin/fckeditor/editorfile/ninawubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunpower.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29145526421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/jijumuvesovasime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfe85caf6ac---notozakiman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85801cbd673c29831bfd5f79c65805f7/97737897326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d541de4425---dotumodavogej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmtvr5llliocsdvh6hrbkq86n7/3337019469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/disirifatanifopixali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8b11596ba6---49813681480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=nuwave+precision+induction+cooktop+1300+watts+manualPDF 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_off0000e03a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE03A 11340 bytes
SHA-256: 3ef067114536793c31c94f0e738b2a992ddb99b54bd033771c421d1744226ac4
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb0d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB0D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001131f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1131F 18288 bytes
SHA-256: 2f113b4ce70008d400d84c9606f52f1b3566c0a4e2feb961fdc742bb0e7ff226