Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ee5f245a9bbc78b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-07-18 14:26:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8656eb44eda5ee66745a4afe95c57b52 SHA-1: c7d8b5dd3dff90b5a040ea9b86a8aae0d30bd193 SHA-256: ee5f245a9bbc78b84a4942b5d2a0e6838821d2281a0194191e8d584e7793ff8c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript and a link farm. The heuristics indicate that the link farm points to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cmfotkta6m2j7ldbmqnmkk4tra/20035065737.pdf
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00h5eea89ju8e1b46s4fit5nl4/75851242488.pdf
    • https://lawyerupsmart.com/tempimg/file/nazadadukuxadasize.pdf
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082fac33b079---lanozalurut.pdf
    • https://superpart.com/files/62737857065.pdf
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071adf86e13e---54357334324.pdf
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082a6c2efd7c---40494119001.pdf
    • http://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/lofiboka.pdf
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd2704104b6402b8b0a61bb805e51ed2/36663208779.pdf
    • https://www.willmarshelter.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mijelizexunixenomojedixod.pdf
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cd210fdfa158324e24e68b16959fdab/vapejejajapewelogavet.pdf
    • http://scamps.biz/userfiles/file/vifakos.pdf
    • http://xn--clinicaquirogavilario-vbc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/llh9m6t3tfvsu4meffovuj9la3/85113752068.pdf
    • https://hiddencliff.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210710_53F9D36C0D913444.pdf
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/51067435686.pdf
    • http://ameshamagazine.com/js/upload/files/56436832508.pdf
    • http://chrislahoda.ca/userfiles/file/99048064592.pdf
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3341cec68ee26d852c0d6bc786ba00fc/89608598456.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a77d1b0d69---66216042333.pdf
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vue7be63d7j9f72j9vtldchs58/16573761807.pdf
    • http://wo-kop.pl/userfiles/file/pamireluv.pdf
    • http://fogathajtohirek.hu/fckfiles/file/puwuwusatetimuwesagef.pdf
    • https://meccanicagambirasio.it/file/3641267097.pdf
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608699a8863df---serosetu.pdf
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbs143hd8jj3fs14rjotb0i005/50497302179.pdf
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cd6b1f85479bd7eb459311959eae3fa/57337299559.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=country+club+server+training+manual
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f0b3.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0B3 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000108ca.bin
ddae8f3952a91e0dedf912ff8a3d67222bf2441871c7e81c2114820cabbcf595
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108CA 11024 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012286.bin
b9c35d98d001a15251f6a2b723e90211f82fd17f6d0c48e5a82676ffdfefd4d6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12286 16308 bytes