Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 10e2310a2cdc80ee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-07-09 22:11:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 3a06b32fa9ee93be2820002ceb668328 SHA-1: 617fb5961a37deeac5a323df9ae7fab8c11b0590 SHA-256: 10e2310a2cdc80ee25dbe80c5b6486d12d41bb1802689a30ce3769294662201c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and ClamAV as malicious. It contains numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of numerous external links implies an intent to lead the user away from the document to a secondary malicious resource.

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+and+ios+mobile+game+cheats PDF link annotation
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mkgprrdvjrs1utcgkldld9hoo9/tenud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-belgie.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fifonorafivolojokes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dcac1259f7---kiberanijupanurusemexeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbeequestriansurfaces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pva6rcf5nu4a8kc1sed5qlm13t/garurebune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fvd0a670br2bsn0h9qbhmfab9k/12751750952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609628be40936---39543712978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halaljones.com/uploads/files/tiratelosinafobuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3b7ea48b7a---wowizededodutubeligo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9p4b29dncp2cc6y.net/upload/fckeditor/file/58636223129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58a0d1e17ffec7e109d1e58bd5e906b3/6190718976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asfalon.com/__files/file/86619956658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160853f3726ef8---9118571699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095b95aa3ca1---47134527789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fc04f4b349---rerukeranajesevigajepuniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/niwapen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1f98a5fa58---42684191047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0034c5bcbdd3de588f7132af0a90f787/gijasosag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aazeoc7d.xn--p1ai/images/shared/file/64359492040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0528rcja55mcdf9m02oqnm7kp/jipinebesotiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebd758cacdcefa1822461c600cf8c0b9/38076152256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kq4cenvap5a8r66kfu2kvotvcu/dejovixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loaamtran.com/files/usersfiles/files/1083670653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hart-metale.pl/gimnazjum/userfiles/file/kepop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autohondl.cz/userfiles/file/25022894645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asea-admin.com/_userfiles/file/20210623054745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1e3545d1656c0d48db65398b3cf1627/fazidebubon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000fd6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD6D 10940 bytes
SHA-256: 9413e3d0f6a0818bb9eff04131386f634be8ac14e5caf75d082c134d06450c54
font_01_sfnt_off0001165e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1165E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012e70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E70 16960 bytes
SHA-256: 883feaf6b905ff80c464eba3bbabb70b3e6b5fc4a84a3195c52124631d867f78