Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1eae9ccd20082fd5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 00:28:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 37c1d7b226e8bc19b6e50a516529baa6 SHA-1: 2545dcd039cdd357c945c52c5ce9d60cd755dde4 SHA-256: 1eae9ccd20082fd5e510412cff05fda50b1ffcb7dc7c4726e704743b4fcea58f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing and malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eab340f5f7---zoguxevinuwofog.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://toyotarent.tw/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210615_2B602516F1C08B4F.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lussoleathertiles.com/test4/EDITOR/example/v2/userfiles/file/poligaregukamomivoxafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160881710eac81---gozipuzuvilijato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danies.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78340262785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff3d1ac6dba0ba9176538b94b222cd45/bapisimerexamupuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g3b9qpdctfft7jq0qtfu2ajkp0/totifivoviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalnoboy.com/data/filestorage/upload/files/musuzila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntpuvoice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64924891328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e3a25204044---felivevulasupimepuxubav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northwestconvention.cz/data/files/87576536120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/id2maus8c11gssmetfgdb42mda/gopefapamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2f25e5e03f---238249115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://excore.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wododaxufiletelisep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brtim.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/29242449906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oneirishrover.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9950e9e6c9e93e884fd746f94d59026d/41145317314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henca.com/files/details/file/48718265889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rolfingnaples.com/clients/a/a5/a5422f62036d2d393d866963e902351c/File/81163635625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://restavratorstvo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wixusimukikiwadilozugajud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pk-rowery.pl/user_pict/file/55463567189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/908aou23jtcp4u6s97jcrrbrn0/20669559554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95ba00625df74ab1ca17024c6b4350ab/wafogifepiwikewofosuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160830a546aa88---segixerunikikutenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ef923381d858829635c2beb7d62cbf9/tamikiwokeruzij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontieregypt.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bezulenarufuvakaxafum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=free+water+cycle+worksheets+for+1st+gradePDF 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_off0000ea87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA87 10880 bytes
SHA-256: fb94b348ad918daac51c2b10c436571a0ce3fbbcef092aa8590a9bf8a920cf4a
font_01_sfnt_off000103c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103C8 17752 bytes
SHA-256: 4c922b1d11b4a3e19d387983e242c119c5050bdbd85e450290c9c760d5d0513e
font_02_sfnt_off0001319e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1319E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1