Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e0112ab16ca2ae1c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-06-30 01:18:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 59f448ff447b837f790a30dc7b9b17cf SHA-1: 51baee9250d075259a5297ac236d4e21ef53387d SHA-256: e0112ab16ca2ae1cb4bcc596b1cea3c981a30426ff8a141201468db34e06bb83
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF sample was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML detection and ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to lure users into downloading further malicious content. The presence of urgency lures in the document body further supports a phishing or social engineering attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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 http://perechen-jurnalov.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zodizatoweda.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://travolution.travel/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b463478876e67fdf262885f5ffc8122/14554841141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fly.no1-yes.com/userfiles/file/91899825965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88d64b3ae4b70888666c447878273beb/49965319188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehomeforeclosure.org/images/file/77759650554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090e4bb38710---80639427150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02f539qmp9o0fdl72t2bur62a6/90848659461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b390e750a81---32217060286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.abcklima.hu//data/editorfile/vetunajume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://momsystem.ru/public/file/vokuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fass9soal88t8ec8gd3i6tv1l6/77952666136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chukgoobok.com/files/fckeditor/file/goxojokoxuvepawor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/87834127938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloverdiamond.com/file/woriritepexuzeriwozipuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a95af05625c---45571110594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://martonelektro.hu/files/file/21803543193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulsquare.com/userfiles/file/wezifafeguvowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609839ef33478---65941688215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01f46e811bd8ec81e5b0a6680d620f36/52765118360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c48b2ca3a0---luviforowosina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osheamaloneynylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/37582560446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/kedazunuxavanotitolojop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c589de915af---38256540799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accomplishtheimpossible.com/userfiles_ati/file/65139336909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607262b84c345---41039321868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=quotation+format+for+businessPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000ebd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBD3 10628 bytes
SHA-256: 0b63bc752a03e636d5e5b84bd394bbe47ba70f1152499a5e24fe8429efd97dc0
font_01_sfnt_off00010439.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10439 17212 bytes
SHA-256: 9f2372414a8fe53a2b59678ed8701de28e5e7b95816a2f1ec8fca8102bc5e5bd
font_02_sfnt_off00013097.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13097 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1