Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ee3d8047126aa860…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-14 09:17:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 364788b2b34f99989d0e79160aa8f939 SHA-1: 15a4ddda0eb9f374c85f7fc33c076e537d41ac42 SHA-256: ee3d8047126aa860534b4c92b21cfb01b4dd2d96fd067f8ef64e88200ad28ef8
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious payloads. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to disguise malicious links. The presence of a visual download button further supports the phishing or malware distribution intent. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hb115pi9rdkui5ck82nv0h1582/24382217806.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://predial-rua-nova.pt/056-CovadaLua/images-editor/file/vibizajapelidama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://madspot.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28240516194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosite.ru/images/news/file/gapavegaxupipaxemopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buydecor.ru/uploads/files/jupaxamivuxoruvapaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fb3822fcc7---92790327890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t2sc.me/userfiles/84553218612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosantese.eu/userfiles/files/nagulamuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amongelite.com/ci/userfiles/files/jexizepexurilusozul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tradegateindia.com/userfiles/file/vegoravurubejove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gekon.net/userfiles/file/pitatobuletadufobedup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evergreencans.com/userfiles/file/52894742029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coherence.cz/userfiles/file/mutojuduxiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prplus4u.com/ckupload/files/wevelafuxoxibirof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139ec25caf36---54178988193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sugarfree-gelato.com/upload/file/97124507814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ettermanenterprises.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82623312647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygenius.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38666293959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--bankkrtya-41a.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75730634303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristalparkhotel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72662333137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montaze.org/democms/userfiles/file/10584442943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lideregitimpaketleri.com/calisma2/files/uploads/puvobow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://partnercable.hu/files/kekus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simplehome.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18753349018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=pdanet+for+android+driversPDF 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_off0000e451.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE451 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC68 10368 bytes
SHA-256: 08034b38d4156fb250cf41f8c3dec84935c243c1a8de8831f900822f6922b9be
font_02_sfnt_off000113ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113FF 18104 bytes
SHA-256: a83d67792c517e97419d160cc39f5693cbda36f9f7d892f31ea5f0fc4511047e