Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ee9831b93553ef44…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.3 KB Created: 2021-07-20 13:22:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 21514401373902f23f2df595b0563b28 SHA-1: 6553de08b557b895c258ee53fec7f70a35f59bb2 SHA-256: ee9831b93553ef44ee8375dd3b4d2634177928f3519597db34d6a11b9480dbc1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or delivering malicious payloads. The presence of multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites suggests an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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 http://kiavysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/texuxifem.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc799e7df2503789e2fd3568581ee15e/10314327185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e484a124dbe---jutatitodeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a434663c91---wedunifobutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bccc07b2de---74836169051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/906a1155e9279c46fbdb10052c44d819/solelupujatikowopizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amerismithenterprises.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe8b1bec0d72f653ac86959585bbd647/32969667183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prairieroseclothiers.com/FCKeditor/file/60219502964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rollfactorytogo.com/uploads/files/47063637412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t67f8epcp57un1jurse25f2gp6/woriputitejaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stlnsk.ru/uploads/file/jovevofifufez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylgems.com/file_media/file_image/file/24522710455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shsclassof1959.com/clients/a/a7/a7a82b2a6025f7fafce5d77be70bf845/File/kekikaderagatit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fertilizerproductionprocess.com/d/files/pavadufazimuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ae3181e609ab3f56c429ddf29370cba/34264445056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/848e93e262c4bf9953baa478bc0e97de/tiwefuxafafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingalbertltd.com/uploadedfiles/file/31738112346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k1f35so4ai1j6dcgnsaf83conm/62681511772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/29888317999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yasaitogo.com/uploads/files/jatofedifuronetubenilosad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mds-horizons.com/upload/files/wejizogesikerad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biomedchita.ru/imeg_master/file/11659198557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csn-alliance.com/data/files/zinuvotikozite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psychologyforeverybody.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/resasalowuvipepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=steam+spring+cleaning+2020PDF 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_off00010f2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F2F 10912 bytes
SHA-256: 41589453838e2873f1d79aebac273b4f216053ac02f5a5445a4a20ecf476255f
font_01_sfnt_off0001286f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1286F 16800 bytes
SHA-256: e22311330dc91b0cd91f59db0f31298b07e0f5dda710dfade89021478fdb3d15
font_02_sfnt_off00015413.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15413 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1