Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 01e1c20bdff28f68…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-06-27 08:46:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 3164606f0ebdd0a5b143295d85136139 SHA-1: c8127bc2297c570e471a4979eaf3aa677a45d54e SHA-256: 01e1c20bdff28f689abb102549dd14d34f8416ad64b0769174b917719b173bb9
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a large number of embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm likely used for phishing or spam. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, but the presence of numerous external links suggests an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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.
  • 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://orderleesushi.com/uploads/files/86351949624.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607852a0dcaa6---xazesanavemifeminixugim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e92ed2b484---9427113556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cupta.org/userfiles/files/20210621235853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160728c82f0b88---50385113177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtselect.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90506666178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ambredore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607efbfd4c9b6---10703005215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083faa4b5998---46781126505.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d457f0cab022c2573c96ef1bf85ea6dc/gavakif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1go51i86h5qbp0bndf7grsmml/xevurujuzalega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f42739429---10080101573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/001b20d9223b75bac2457d4cc1d32cd6/51479023864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d182a3a766f---66674110960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diclenakliyat.com/userfiles/file/17109325560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-ivanteevka.ru/upload_picture/file/kogun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitegenerale.tn/userfiles/file/nivazosijogidofanada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diaochue.vn/userfiles/file/fipovuxobutewizafokopafeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a46e48a4ed---80250711546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://locoffice.ru/userfiles/file/73268249276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4606c672c9afd66ea2cbe189f11481d/836732508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/44510404064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/375798efc37fbe5407afb52ab839a3eb/43064238584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgb.se/filer/file/lepitumosofel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084a9b57bd36---lajipudet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ffe926703ed6db1f8dd5707ef34ea7b/19310193804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chhsmahs.com/clients/8/83/83f479e57a8bbaec88b4a04d821ef24e/File/tobatesadasuriv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ahjb1qe4tkp56u57tmnheha9p0/45354842491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=unbroken+questions+and+answersPDF 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_off0000f610.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF610 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010e22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E22 17576 bytes
SHA-256: be1bbd1554795abaf35aaab7e2e0784b43bae0fe99ee82cf78be029ef63ff45d
font_02_sfnt_off00013b67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B67 10764 bytes
SHA-256: ff7d71edde7b9dd0407f4ece1baaecff9987396664adef5c5c0b6cdd95578517

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