Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 75e2e5e64cea0cd1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-09-09 10:12:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 15d56f9d122e2c8dbdd9ea77d9ac3ad6 SHA-1: e37e56b932a6304ed4bf36b92e9902b5ac32907e SHA-256: 75e2e5e64cea0cd1ecce75012575a1eb58fb965bc02168ae0cb28c2d06fd8659
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload storage, likely intended to host malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the link farm suggest an attempt to distribute malware or facilitate phishing attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4502c673801b1a4c64ace15cdb1bbff/96397551409.pdf
    • http://xn--4k0b43gkwo4gn.com/upload/editor/file/bofej.pdf
    • http://sualpturizm.com/userfiles/file/39340898162.pdf
    • https://asiapharma.la/files/files/30852002383.pdf
    • http://krallarintavugu.com/upload/file/jifimetusawujumidopu.pdf
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28f7a75245dd0aae69a8db2e179f6a0e/labetivodemidigefu.pdf
    • http://vtdsbinhthuan.vn/public/uploads/userfiles/file/ruvujazuvijozavaliponiz.pdf
    • https://costarica4d.com/contents/files/rezujovizotudej.pdf
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613848a40f10e---83771888257.pdf
    • https://aldwalia.com/userfiles/files/jupabuxapel.pdf
    • https://economiadecomunion.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kowawo.pdf
    • http://abwplazaview.com/uploads/files/nerumaf.pdf
    • http://89928386.com/uploads/files/202109012027005918.pdf
    • http://bestpokeya.com/uploads/files/87501015695.pdf
    • http://szkolka-wiercioch.pl/files/file/91945062900.pdf
    • http://nawoo.net/userData/board/file/48672965189.pdf
    • http://mitchelllawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/41763880595.pdf
    • http://theartofdesign.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72444470858.pdf
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161303fc138cf1---19833038254.pdf
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kecb7812luoqtu0f4004gumhl5/41595182919.pdf
    • https://goez3.com/10005001208290177/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80406459959.pdf
    • http://tincorner.vn/uploads/files/41612040218.pdf
    • https://vinocastillo.hu/editor_up/wizev.pdf
    • http://yukamifashion.com/upload/files/jonavizu.pdf
    • http://cbafjvn.com/uploads/userfiles/file/52650423218.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=quantum+physics+by+zettili+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_off0000efa8.bin
9eecf9d3c208c30ad427e4d49b3e39b7d0d671dbe517f4bebcd4d32576013c93
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFA8 17884 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011df6.bin
33f612b43323aa5bed20d586081f2d71b59f1c1049a3a8e98fe56cdcbcc52374
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DF6 11140 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000137ba.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137BA 16792 bytes