Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 235eb4d28dd57f5d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-06-30 23:11:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4ac66e61a245f4d048f0f4d3eb56f232 SHA-1: 8ca0fefd420b51e855d527d5f591b083e6897715 SHA-256: 235eb4d28dd57f5d83303209707bdaf024a2b394f4e826fbb2dcb8c8a0eee8e6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely serving as a lure for phishing or malware distribution. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, suggesting it's not intended for user interaction but rather to host these malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b92aca7d591---61770769876.pdf
    • https://mecaniquekd.ca/upload/file/powarevo.pdf
    • https://cottingham-group.com/cufiles/files/zutijagebawisutedivego.pdf
    • http://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2bfc59a351---rojubimizujuzelisilug.pdf
    • http://www.marcelasemper.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092aade71981---keruzuf.pdf
    • https://ewastexperts.com/userfiles/files/refonexipixifavov.pdf
    • https://afd.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9bfcc0ruhu7tqffg8ekmle48j/82526712389.pdf
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/448tc4qukhm6h2mbd0mughl0o1/tuwobanojebur.pdf
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5f08ccd71d---86214613437.pdf
    • https://area34.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hjcpu93bnqlsfo9o05s0hvok72/84466963927.pdf
    • http://ksnjl.com/userfiles/files/96915736753.pdf
    • http://cobansut.com/userfiles/file/golejokeduwisoxulizuze.pdf
    • https://www.alarisusallc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c65a9c30602e3819d0803ce61da4db7/46687255422.pdf
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9b2dc5a54a---gadixiba.pdf
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/551d1e3591de10c25e80268411f5becf/lukulaj.pdf
    • http://amctop.com/board_data/editor_img/file/202106091752.pdf
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3086e88a4312214aa6f92494462f410f/raguvidufujizuzibamuwemax.pdf
    • http://email-database.info/userfiles/file/wiwubadodutibifilikelib.pdf
    • http://www.anjhimayath.com/upload/file/bomufezugidupufifike.pdf
    • http://ghhs1968.com/clients/5/57/5762190d0a265df614d1f295a7060a42/File/32450820535.pdf
    • https://bilbox.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cd5285ebd8f7464dbffa3925341ce32/25015191174.pdf
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7aa27c89c0dcde54404ea5a0b10db90/nesamek.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=special+relativity+helliwell+pdf
    • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e8d3.bin
e29a223f9cca24a4cd1533a9197f16f802f569cebed2df40f4244b1fc53658dc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8D3 18140 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000118e2.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118E2 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000130f9.bin
fbe24fc04b85f585133bb94598217e84aeed59dcbb04d876ebb3f9d9db4afac7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130F9 10664 bytes