Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 01e88f4043fd4d71…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-17 04:07:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 03d1c94d0215accf905a2d30cf53dd58 SHA-1: 6274d24e831d0c040336c01a218d0dee34c51ca3 SHA-256: 01e88f4043fd4d710b04bb75f5365698b049962ea55d7d2a0e2619d652dd0d91
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The primary goal appears to be directing users to malicious websites, likely for phishing or further malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/19830841318.pdf
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d33ebae31c---46849559840.pdf
    • http://csc0351.com/userfiles/file/20210907141502_64cggw.pdf
    • http://www.communityheroesproject.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134f43028701---41538933115.pdf
    • https://lideregitimpaketleri.com/calisma2/files/uploads/51423057327.pdf
    • http://alhouti.com/userfiles/file/dazitukibososela.pdf
    • https://basalyemek.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mikabanizodaxuponu.pdf
    • http://quatangsongvan.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/xiwomogasusaji.pdf
    • https://alexspa.pl/userfiles/file/pukunavadis.pdf
    • http://traktorpulling.de/ablage/userfiles/files/sedakofefibakezemuruma.pdf
    • https://simondaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21583519800.pdf
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143c88c0a759---widawedexadebokima.pdf
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613db484de8cd---biwisitabamukosutafogine.pdf
    • http://islaminkiel.de/webmisr/uploadwebmisr/file/musetovesikat.pdf
    • https://planet-pvc.com/upload/files/wedakexip.pdf
    • http://szilasfood.hu/pic_upload/files/misibekademavoxawit.pdf
    • http://telekommarketing.com/firme_data/files/44059798504.pdf
    • http://seamacros.com/upload/file/suvix.pdf
    • http://salwex.hu/file/51998415940.pdf
    • https://chasehr.in/userfiles/file/perinapiworipetifalasufo.pdf
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613afebae1f18---pijuvaneri.pdf
    • http://bfttacg.marketsearching.com/upload/files/4974135097.pdf
    • http://jmlukanich.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/16178921065.pdf
    • https://asset-books.com/userfiles/file/24120854444.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614300b08d18f---886628382.pdf
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03cc068f0a3dce4817ac3614442c40bc/29193014556.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=windows+7+loader+not+working
    • 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_off0000da53.bin
01587f94e53fbc80f2219f3a4cf1c177b9a413baad7f780a2883917e34db0878
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA53 10644 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2b7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2B7 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010ac9.bin
d73197d67fcd3443917dabdbf0e9b010e3592590d92d50d6dcd62a7b6ac479cb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AC9 17632 bytes