Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e962b7778fddaf6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 21:21:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e1a21e0d6d31f1735d2f9d9881f50e45 SHA-1: 48ec1c850765e7b1c4bdea861876eeef7154bdc1 SHA-256: 1e962b7778fddaf6186a18a56fcaab93330992e2d7806c879d8edc372477303e
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 WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The file's structure as a link farm suggests it's designed to redirect users to external, potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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 http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161117143bb535---80668155135.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eddf327c5c26ef363b9b0fe459288418/81502628395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundaiokla.com/uploads/files/kitexutuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hssipm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbf56e65a4c8c53bed3e9685f5dc2a07/dulusepirujavukotefiner.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cf586b9ae2edb49a5f9b79260ed0241/86220382175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuttydog.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5311892471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drsaman.com/files/jezibunifilotilulemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://108homed.com/userfiles/files/zifoxigugatuzeforavuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f17b5572388---38364783861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sf-tfi-pgu.uz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45af4e188201b1b437c18a05f62f8672/76287836576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tourbusan.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210825_EE406A2C7DA2E669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7840a8b581---fatisiraxawir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://virus-safe-zone.com/ckupload/files/3254575662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liffeyartefacts.com/fckimagefile/file/nebofajuwagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eva.am/files/47d2b852daff4a52.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloverdiamond.com/file/67890073036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beruanglucu.com/contents/files/21850311985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mygotour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210811_0DFC02355C5885BA.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bisnismedsos.com/userfiles/file/20987226506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2476cc4589---panavafidapavasokawizogiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etcbt.com/userfiles/file/wisasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitvorota.ru/f/file/kadibivipekabupukudijiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/005da0df2a9dc9af24de7be1979f0897/58563055109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newabel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92277887259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cor.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t8btql7121tc599a9a0srhb1u0/mesidozivawofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tennis94.fr/img/pics/files/kegud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=simulado+detran+sp+2019+pdfPDF 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_off0000d742.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD742 11296 bytes
SHA-256: d6474161a7e5727375146f5022438c5602949c234912d8b67bb2856ad1cb536e
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1C6 18680 bytes
SHA-256: 8aa50cddfe5c924bd0976c1f9ac36127f57ade04cb42242ebae08270e6e24569
font_02_sfnt_off0001218c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1218C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1