Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0e5919e9eece82f3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-06-29 04:31:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 02d9abc64ebcaeb00e9c82caa26a3b2b SHA-1: 9f11bac1b30fd91bbfe42243a27cb897239b7f16 SHA-256: 0e5919e9eece82f321e581d31e9482c71d0fde96091542f446b740f6cb31e339
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. No scripts were extracted, but the numerous embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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 https://tvmreza.tv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84457424498.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8e245349e9---beworadofodipimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.demetagras.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160782dc75e8dc---pefuzopevimozajano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenue102.com/uploads/file/sawogimawaruguzulokul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.dk/upload/84734711874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centralwestwoodclassof1983.com/clients/c/cd/cd4b3c89dd1500142a52f05b9125c350/File/jebimoduvazina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qianlong99.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66693456814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fw-simple.com/uploads/files/96223573509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f50f8ca877---zelepediv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/338da51d22d43bc2fe6af1f3ecd2e6b2/66343684195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dnepropress.net/files/file/jetarejagavonazomefep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b1b86622d4---juxopisaluni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a4333396d241af936bb37129385438c/gasupekuxibezexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monyetmesum.com/contents//files/mejexelimebes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607190666fd44---dowibikeposamogirurizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160943f58960b8---povakafajazebevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d139m6lobf8ovg1ira5cillm7/kovowanigedekimezikeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608467b4d9bc9---relubokokolugatuzegib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075d0be80f04---liweregoketefeturi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizhkj.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-8/20210508171706851475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160729e93db0e9---44263744086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balbok.net/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58909942536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comobrew.com/newsite/images/user_uploads/file/90205860112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607622b6f4050---vejadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c16f38badb039e310ce44e7d5cbd7f2/23671638136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kasekimi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071835ddc443---68880650678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c26fcb5c31---20297913248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+worktunes+louderPDF 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_off0000f433.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF433 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010c4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C4A 10588 bytes
SHA-256: 6a908787ec017e0a171febd21b22c32e53a0e4e0384c4e6db5c064ef6b36ec37
font_02_sfnt_off00012475.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12475 17384 bytes
SHA-256: 6d741dcd6f25e52f7a3363e5f110af313a3b4b3f607e40a34a1efc03549edd8d