Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1eab02b582265b9e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-07-04 01:45:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-03
MD5: c381da613d2714b3eb96e30a2b65bfa0 SHA-1: 905a4c1e9e766cc8dbf5d8c266a1495a1f81803b SHA-256: 1eab02b582265b9e8472b08f0317e1a822e70ae358a60bf380d7e7849d3b67fa
154 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 acting as link farms. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery through these links. The document body is heavily obfuscated and does not provide direct clues, but the heuristic firings clearly point to a link farm attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.5769

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6617954bd9128f2230b187969e7ec56e/vasixazafak.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kopdesign.nl/userfiles/file/luxutinivugad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dpu7bvbk2oscvukrl5acg8d6oi/kibiwixivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fb85615687---zepeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160780adc70e6a---rolosifojawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aec8f77533---selada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benjamindreyer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed0bcbd78e6d62fea4d67651f9a0453a/83201784471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gewoongroen.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/6822311113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e860a2764472ae2c73ee2037159a512d/86933565535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thevisionkharj.com/userfiles/files/44863733313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v14vvn6rkcbsp1ulhc0gpsv6j0/48624232345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77e7e83cd5b6a9f207da501f51b84ffe/gezedivimadiwutizozabenus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d36dca40e3---72210126625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapeutickemasaze.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b20ce9a8693---89931843229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/70275167785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuhs1981.com/clients/8/82/82ca37c076ec4232796cb58ed009bb3a/File/52357209784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c405b97a2eb---fuvazanozagesov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menu2uplus.com/images/file/vuxixiwepobuwujarufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca1c90718b1---texerosogazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608336884ee17---vamejetupivarosadukudimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drsubhashawale.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13834111824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0990a224f39194c286e0afad8b18b30f/ruxiwumine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075c7d479786---voweru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vbclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa905e63567608f42f7db4ef2f397abe/72463276410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelport.pl/userfiles//file/68810533296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=solubility+product+calculatorPDF link annotation
    • 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
stream_003_off000106e4.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x106E4 18516 bytes
SHA-256: cca8550792c38f4bdb6e93e5d4d297405751d56beec2bf67dac283cb10bbd51b
font_00_sfnt_off0000eefe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEFE 10532 bytes
SHA-256: 06019e31c97eb944ab8781aab6ac4985e3a2eb9c101431f872e2299d0ea91d12
font_02_sfnt_off000123ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123FF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1