Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e896a630fa14642…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.1 KB Created: 2021-07-07 18:33:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: e202c73be6219c3f60d0875bfad2df5e SHA-1: 4181483e9cddf5a7e1d86d36ed28dd9f4c50a844 SHA-256: 1e896a630fa14642ab65cdf572cc469b97e43d39434593562182351dbb04a8e8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The heuristic PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM indicates a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting, and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM points to compromised WordPress upload storage. The presence of external URIs and the overall structure strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9790

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=i+listen+to+you PDF link annotation
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a04c8krbtfgu3uvp1rgmo4jgpf/gopugelusijipanofivuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0-50.ru/userfiles/file/85616188398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gocep.org/data/userfiles/files/supewokevupanipifefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/825caff6974ddee0d371677af08acb06/18062190928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606dcf7870454---vukulom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forglass.sk/userfiles/file/tutagupenawibilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dolphinrfid.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e884a5e50a---38730404037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saamfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39100b4de9df4b757b9697ddf29df593/petazinepusur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skncn.com/u/files/67686882846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160debcd25e8fc---85941167594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160715926eba45---7189294508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arniestribu.com/campannas/file/wikudutogujivefudaziwobez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160765f07a3c30---46042986531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a96d2b4eca6---kajuxogipabowinaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bygreenpure.com/userfiles/file/64673602567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984cc08d6c2---tuxawisememuruxonovow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c424d25f09---71482337519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca1b392690---39425660742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/leegogskskaha0prammp6v9ai7/xinopanukijopisezemoruvuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hilimall.ae/uploads/files/83519337405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ronniejoymemorialfund.com/clients/1/1a/1a75100f29d804137a154ca93ef51a80/File/tirorir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5a59852126---27951965274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moto-trend.cz/public/files/fck/file/58000610465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspaeng.com/files/image/files/81932813265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d51f86ebcabcd9f995f2b15b7ba4e95a/mivino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095ad0353b26---wodesevavowonin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00012d57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D57 17704 bytes
SHA-256: e1a4de490caf3ed7d296d33c2a4e61d6671ea9b3ee36eadea0478bff6c504450
font_01_sfnt_off00015b14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15B14 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001732b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1732B 10004 bytes
SHA-256: 975d0db1298757be9a47f7d8044138664fab0eda971709ed14fd8c091f45040f