Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1eed378243cf7392…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.8 KB Created: 2021-07-10 00:00:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 682f8a08b620099ff26db7386f83e38e SHA-1: 10b45692c61e9b23b4e297daa3cf9e3b2c7bde92 SHA-256: 1eed378243cf7392fe1cfd0fedad9a6d5c47b028febca9b483bb148e4d03a106
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and are structured as a link farm. The presence of these links suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious or phishing content, aligning with a phishing attack pattern. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is indicative of a malicious intent to host and distribute links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9811

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://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607832e2b2415---xodexadutefisexisalop.pdf
    • https://gastrotest.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61431139191.pdf
    • http://marinapogon.pl/upload/file/velewupafara.pdf
    • https://247christianity.org/fckeditor/userfiles/file/zizov1621386655.pdf
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afa02f1a4b1---banepefuz.pdf
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071fc0c70b4b---54730247742.pdf
    • http://ecandrychow.pl/Image/files/64760810041.pdf
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/zileted.pdf
    • http://www.electricman.in/demo/frontend/web/uploads/files/sugakoxowerigonitopi.pdf
    • http://chromowane.com/userfiles/file/65337158165.pdf
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c68cf080861---zisinarixumowugixenetozu.pdf
    • http://thietbixanh.net/uploads/files/14081600792.pdf
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d7f26d5de9---vetejobuxebo.pdf
    • http://beastyenergy.com/userfiles/file/tuvepupakako.pdf
    • https://best-label.com/upload/files/dukaga.pdf
    • http://villaturri.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a79b43bd45f---13429483586.pdf
    • http://suleymanporoy.com/img/userfiles/files/74693268701.pdf
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72af045d515592d8b60bc20d19fca9c0/zanujasofazidu.pdf
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/liv1npdg2atug7gjlfkgnev0qu/48880002202.pdf
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8172b82699bcb0b4074f648410de1eb3/29800662811.pdf
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/373440f8ccfbf9845988e46e1b92eceb/66510674862.pdf
    • https://egca.fr/userfiles/file/35641049512.pdf
    • https://www.litesourcenc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0a76feec88664d21e1f77fb02713130/68720729255.pdf
    • https://terminal.hr/userfiles/file/mawulogepo.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=express+80+as+the+sum+of+two+odd+primes
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_004_off00012234.bin
9229bde5e3614c940ebb387a6affb910e6b09cdb82f6b0ab59768fbd23138caf
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x12234 16244 bytes
font_00_sfnt_off0000efc3.bin
f05a9754e9621ee213115d5a5d69e7640a4842802a8e2c4ed89662c2879871eb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFC3 11216 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010a23.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A23 16792 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00013820.bin
cc67e192bc21c8224111f4d161350068cc78518e6efba7debb2ef52da03920aa
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13820 19976 bytes
font_04_sfnt_off00016b84.bin
9c5f5a699f66584ef238e8904740a40bbc466f60814cc8e797513a6971c4b65d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16B84 2012 bytes