Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e87e2f6713f9fb0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-08-21 23:03:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 2ba0ddb85405c2259860042c76f0c09c SHA-1: d765153d81856859ace0d37bf93a36d4c27afce1 SHA-256: 1e87e2f6713f9fb0ee37eca8815bf2a1659673ce65e010d1ab5c65c55c20588e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://ngusacdon.com/upload/files/jomewuvukirazidimij.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///sugupej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160769da21052f---33142521685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jmcoverseaspvtltd.com/uploads/files/vawibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.propertyadvisersaustralia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3f666787596b04134eb98bea309ef8d/63230686527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ltgpartners.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fab345061e3b5eb4de346c411a56a7d9/petaxezuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sokolzgierz.pl/web/uploads/files/jebepaxuluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://panegovernance.com/ourprojects/chowki/UserFiles/file/63789158062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4nv1o28nblt27647lji5nn6597/zatomolipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e0f8343dfb---88869928081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorgubernamental.com/images/file/68438369754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a94d836fe38---sekanuxorap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namlongprojects.com/images/uploads/files/61142253616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075dd4f39962---jitimisimekumubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anfauglir.com/images/file/bigan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haiqi-machine.com/d/files/pafusoguvife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ovartec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607590103abab---nozifisometidasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congchunghadong.com/uploads/files/12038762049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawngo.net/fckfiles/11183112467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0dots8evms7ke8khun1srna2dg/lupejofemabiliketekidaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-belgie.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84540815803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgocsm.in/userfiles/file/pekumagijuwis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/user_data/image//file/72493091265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8403ecf5ce849b80d634e819696e8c9/nobolokokudemezoverelafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=ejercicios+de+raiz+cuadrada+exacta+de+4+cifrasPDF 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_off0000e554.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE554 17012 bytes
SHA-256: 476fe76b01609105c2c04bfb871c572d52b6b34dcd7eac5e9f908e8f39596a30
font_01_sfnt_off0001104c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1104C 10772 bytes
SHA-256: ffca3345c47c7ca2c1fd02760d618c5367d4771ff6ff4a7472c8e0b902cb850a
font_02_sfnt_off00012955.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12955 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1