Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e4cd069de96c662…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.2 KB Created: 2021-07-24 13:42:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3397e664400dd41f7faeaf1394b0781f SHA-1: 254a4ac72a6f0c50b84dd015617eaaad58e53ef7 SHA-256: 1e4cd069de96c6624f667c750081ec523bc31bdce97187b7e084230b4b49c65f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to websites hosted on compromised WordPress installations, identified by heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM'. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the link farm structure is a common tactic for initial access.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60aa9728d5e33acefbc08143ec543e60/54115073771.pdf
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ef21ca583e7ef8f7d6bf919e9878928/zijuruv.pdf
    • http://aps-mes.com/files/file/foposatipezetujesane.pdf
    • http://aurora-c.jp/files/files/jazilipep.pdf
    • http://yossy.biz/userfiles/file/24157128221.pdf
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160921aa74f3a2---87852273017.pdf
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f446c4d9694---biriwiwanakoba.pdf
    • http://bezpiecznamlodosc.org/files/file/39030451410.pdf
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a956156998f---53178581745.pdf
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607043a4dfed7---suzabutevezot.pdf
    • https://maspacientes.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hcaak3apvtqmg2r88pimvmlnmu/jajazimelufadevajamisinor.pdf
    • http://bamt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b263caf991---12213532677.pdf
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160703e6f0875c---gupelolo.pdf
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096a250ae9b2---dovot.pdf
    • http://bezagsecurity.cz/userfiles/12902210565.pdf
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d64cd4a3cb---81635586426.pdf
    • http://giga.sk/storage/file/vufopekoludefubupa.pdf
    • http://halongbaycruises.org/upload/files/xirapowowokikidasuwufi.pdf
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2a1128dceec67b1372cdea19f6061e2/89988078212.pdf
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/10978641376.pdf
    • http://www.feniuniversity.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5710446098.pdf
    • http://microsolder.hu/userfiles/files/78922578046.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=costco+ham+cooking+instructions
    • 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_off0000f85c.bin
672ee692de2a9339354afe4a5f683bc6952dae93dccb28079cda11a4dbcc3ebf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF85C 18268 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001287a.bin
9c97c54b526c1780e27230847878a04febcf63bd2a6dcc41f84e8eba902b90ce
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1287A 10724 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000140fb.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140FB 16792 bytes