Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3e0aeb184e91198f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-07-30 15:46:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: eac546325e35acc7de25b269303dff52 SHA-1: 6ef0bdef9ee6f1b25757cc3efcb0c7d03c95f611 SHA-256: 3e0aeb184e91198f9517cb5e5fc0a306b85e6066e55f408e02af6c5f5a019bad
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish for information. The embedded URLs, such as 'https://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=does+capitec+have+private+banking', are likely used to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=does+capitec+have+private+banking PDF link annotation
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102c734dda1c---76291398450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zdrowejaja.com/Upload/file/67196999917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5777775185---68170968631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/72199998943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ae45b7bf3157ba51b92b44159ce86e5/ribodemevaluvonazubedura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a75f352d787ad287cb271877f1d3b95/tewewib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://couvreur-hautdoubs.fr/internet_new/images_et_fichiers//file/27442311573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietkewebseo.com/webroot/img/files/wowolagapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturabliskociebie.pl/userfiles/file/79431676394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a49d7196efede3ebd2d4670f3f4f0b0/tedexejulaxevukuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c83363a2ee---rumomuxonevigopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d92sqfen1vvn7cflbroa2gafmu/rumixojoluxisozovise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caribemed.com/userfiles/file/57853929515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jgbt.us/pds/userfiles/files/xajebisusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tunnel.de/files/uploaded/file/rumajilojexanebigaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5c1206bce---misolugogajugedawekedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ju7fma88ua0s1b5fpio3h8vvn8/34137182386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qpaki3dgcbu1m6u6lnop9v9m2q/33714132376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5242332d6e1663db6a6efd82dc7d8d09/mosutev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srp-galabau-rostock.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r6bmqv09tcf2hpeo28dghu5a3h/27776588272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aftckwt.com/uploads/file/83617443285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1607b0be99c6a5---84886306207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000ef20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF20 10908 bytes
SHA-256: 24761b7fbc0aa1ec77b256ca405cb2105b058a92d7a6c587e23e71764976ccf8
font_01_sfnt_off00010830.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10830 18044 bytes
SHA-256: 4a1cf56caaba0ed109dc18d35d74adb5607ff47a823e92015ac5baf59f196464
font_02_sfnt_off000137ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137EA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1