Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e01777b93a5f3cf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.8 KB Created: 2021-07-12 17:03:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 629b5a6850bb7cf6e1b0e5daa8b0a47d SHA-1: 46dc5dc01c1b317238cab7f9b51d0465238a7bea SHA-256: 1e01777b93a5f3cf01b1c4b59d0904b0d83177188140936a5772bd2226e6cf5f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's designed as a link farm to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The presence of 'curl of vector field' in a URL and the general structure indicate a potential attempt to leverage search engine optimization for malicious purposes.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9888

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
  • LOLBin token sequence in document text high SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND
    Extracted document text contains a Windows script/execution tool name (PowerShell, mshta, cmd, rundll32, regsvr32, …) within 220 characters of a dangerous flag, command verb, or URL. This is a visible 'run this' instruction in HTML/PDF/RTF lure bodies, or — in macro-laden Office files — the macro's own string-pool entries appearing adjacent in extracted text.
  • 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://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a92f5ec6df8---supisasoxuxitebirilamitur.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e7766dd2e0---bavakosonon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160792082b0edb---58048878830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bab2ea6484f---15704119313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/tunego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topenglish.sk/app/webroot/gallery/files/lokowadolejuxolojejodiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stark-tools.ru/images/uploaded/40481380398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e5ea922cd---85109865575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://englewoodgrassfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c17d4891b6e42235cdf4aa1e73cf91e/68783630039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43cs9jdkt7gfvfq1q6tb3if333/zelokovagerexena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sudburyhighspeedinternet.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/256a09a307798592fe74c521cb2bcc30/76794293161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8e8d373a05---70060163889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b776b5cd496---rozudirajuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quickonboarding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45a38d7fc43bafb8f782d6e076d15906/25748611468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3500ed4478---fipapobipedugixat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sujmhhero7dr13iad8dk6fd3vq/juniniteduxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16d42851b940afa38211be3758a3928e/50724368878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://copelandreunionla.com/clients/6/66/66f6f3de7053633686652f51c4c00696/File/molomiwuxeviva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098ea88efd5a---11069792652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb1e18770fa1657ab2c5bab88431ac2e/35728260548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/httfaj7tgncritv09ro6mkfnr7/bixebirigukafenixewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bee0f5766c---pelanigererekasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amdind.com/userfiles/file/wasuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/In macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=find+curl+of+vector+fieldPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010d8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D8B 19920 bytes
SHA-256: f96d0c11e721dfdfb333ca69fde5f25c10bba273d9aed2cf6d0390ecefcb31cb
font_01_sfnt_off00014326.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14326 16560 bytes
SHA-256: 38e6d1a790b6142bf497410e3d6c2d74eb744ac920c513bb577b2f64cf473a86
font_02_sfnt_off00015a7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15A7E 10280 bytes
SHA-256: e4f04303aee1c9b813e566652922f6d89e8aa71f6b8a1cf32c35df2c4b7ccb9a
font_03_sfnt_off000171b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x171B8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1