Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3e0e8a0578a6d777…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.8 KB Created: 2021-07-03 20:38:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: be34000d7a9efe03bc8d9ddf6a80cbab SHA-1: f31818fcbff347d6108e4b1a2d680e14ede60d9f SHA-256: 3e0e8a0578a6d7771d45ecd1c035abb39608c85787ec90e5f0adc48cc196884b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting a phishing or malicious redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing lure, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+answer+to+interview+question+why+are+you+interested+in+this+position PDF link annotation
    • http://blackivy.pl/userfiles/file/83188027775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agermag.ro/mm/file/65510195601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0set14sjqcjur1drfdhdsjade5/toxowajurafakewetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608162411b557---20740084433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namdolove.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210530_772D3CDDC6F19C0F.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://narcisse.sk/editor_uploads/files/42419680602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galeriejacqueselbaz.com/userfiles/file/ruxutikatefepuwutot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tubietelbar.hu/uploadfile/tebipojeloxemow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olivier-daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vovasuwilerubumarevoxudum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83d7qpmb7bd09h3ubre3r5f7hv/pijaxuzuwezivagududipad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1838cfc65ff3e92ca07a653db85da86b/pakilege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drvishweshwari.in/userfiles/file/31275631333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xz-brand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32947615446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dianacb.cz/userfiles/file/soxanaboduguvavesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://musikkursus.dk/userfiles/file/buvetokoxivam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benjamindreyer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b87d736b1c3f0894c412c01b98a81c15/fafizeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emauto.lv/index/images/up/file/rewumodujuxin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pstob6mbh59qa9ophkc2j00f2e/26484825843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ab7b6be49a---62841948574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bloomx.com/sites/all/sites/bloomx.com/files/22684016988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f187b40a858bc308d7faa8bf9fe4c119/fezewiranifiwonipakapari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rauvuonsach.com/images/uploads/files/gufidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b10b8e2382e---siwudijanivir.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_off00010ca2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CA2 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 6fa350ccf296f1ff571719865a01f10f5f90892c2356d39b4655660cc6d3eb55
font_01_sfnt_off00012618.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12618 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013e2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E2A 17868 bytes
SHA-256: 1295cca56e9c6cea1142dfb37fe160d9ed45967de58232254006d1b68bc2bf52