Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e1857cb594569fe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-07-19 00:08:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 8fe5b2d49abf0269ddff14007087f493 SHA-1: 35e29dd10b94119fc9e153f7e1338fe9c38a2c0a SHA-256: 1e1857cb594569fe758f149b70ba37c353dd0894fdb05eb0947dcd959bf98ffa
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. The file functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely intended to lure users to malicious content or phishing pages. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of 'utm_term' parameters suggest an attempt to manipulate search engine results or track user engagement.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/541enlfv6ari8dgf7e9o6dcrpv/63022110428.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83719b40c0b92b6b7e57973902e7a554/39923909505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d649956948---koxizisakuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://augsburger-dartliga.de/uploads/file/70581029507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf55a7ce1b---68845190339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160716f6fccdbe---takifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f50d72803e5152d1be3e54ab33d2075/76126282719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b56043ae3f1ba470095410848192b40a/zemetavibevogopelavad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euro-ex.com/79223620905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadviewlibrary.org/uploaded_bvlib/file/12010269741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6b9b424eee---tokefutetudavinedaviri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4216d89337---daleli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acba7249233---10556234969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genia-groupe.fr/images/files/tukogefunosupubalujezal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qhzs88.com/admin/fckeditor_upfiles/file/2021062520221680554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c95b8549df92816d347af2787492445b/69950148834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosaloncenter.com/uploads/file/malufogitakugapezowoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a22749a1dbf---wuzuwubigezelufiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf2fdd41ed8---48600513120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelonacentremedic.cat/files/galeria/files/gazitiwusizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qt8k7b6182mvlj6715shlss331/nubukewesoburokikipade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyline64reunion.com/clients/e/ec/ec378541aa9b73e2b99de5ca5545ec21/File/76928600102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupophi.es/uploads/files/sofezorufono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivanda-commerce.hr/userfiles/file/72425309055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=high+potassium+and+high+plateletsPDF 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_off0000fe26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE26 10828 bytes
SHA-256: 61cbceae2de1549fb7b96c17f07da901370a2762a06611331b3bf6ba49a38400
font_01_sfnt_off000116b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116B2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012ec4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EC4 17028 bytes
SHA-256: 275804cb80b543c5810986a5557916334e9977c072e037a3f3f5f7ac01752633

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