Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e5cf0105569253f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.4 KB Created: 2021-08-06 18:26:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 046721bbae4e1c79a4e5c6b64b753bed SHA-1: 3f3e277839688fe13005a1a8a1e859f31380e2d1 SHA-256: 1e5cf0105569253fd258f8d57724ead448b6920bdbaa5b1257dbc01a856bdee3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable binary data.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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 http://bioident.pl/photos_fck/file/seborebe.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160836d4133278---75635309782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c11032258c2e6882ade14ceed2bd16e/kexezelowajelire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wccflooring.com/userfiles/files/vinaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082155db61d6---14636254166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba8b4a66259---20830993880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hgbehringer.de/img/files/files/82398056859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pascalparrot.com/uploads/assets/file/galolijisamuxol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maciejabramowicz.pl/upload/files/file/14111235157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betenagro.com/sites/default/files/file/tobegobuxopafijagugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c25cc7716a---897108860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisaarkinlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/bujir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhxndl.com/uploadfiles/files/gazinomarebitov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cachnhietwin.com/luutru/files/5395315163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5id7ma0rv6091dh05m88g5i5f/28768283131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gymostrov.org/gymostrov/userfiles/file/62965110263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609df358de14d---16475216894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohensevents.com/clients/74638/File/89253350507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pnp-studio.com/fckeditorfiles/file/76135028263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a5ed09e67a---xusuvalijinefesovafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandzak.best/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6713189fd78c472f7ddd191dd50bb717/83815420806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaeiengkwpz6p.xn--p1ai/pub/file/57576613348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lyzjkgm.com/d/files/81578909559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmobilewebsite.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d20ad01513f47b04479036643125c321/xufezivitutawijutagat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/61350480205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=tips+for+solving+rubik%27s+cube+fasterPDF 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_off0001100c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1100C 11048 bytes
SHA-256: c4c21300ba0555dfd8a1a619d134ca1ef2dc7f9c52f636c596b0c856ddd25d9e
font_01_sfnt_off000129ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129CA 16852 bytes
SHA-256: b58d9741fd36f9052fdf6474d1de18914bd7c3c2a219e08463ffbc6adef09fe8
font_02_sfnt_off0001555a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1555A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1