Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e01f08fb6a532dde…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-07-17 13:09:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 84041a59c1af295dc5ac83e7e2fc1e1d SHA-1: ccf39aca5c909791be6b7d13b2b940dbdd482f88 SHA-256: e01f08fb6a532dde3c0c262d1ecac6aa9bb29c0e0a3cf268cc63dc4444b968c0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm directing users to multiple compromised websites, many of which host other malicious PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of numerous links to potentially compromised CMS upload directories suggests a coordinated effort to host and distribute malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9781

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://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a59a1ee7f8e---90060559254.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://vnsteeldetailing.com/UserFiles/files/misikerelewapimobawuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88c5c65a67cbf8983c33da92437c1da4/2766384345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logiccpacma.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87307687860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selapro.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10522876942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1502c25bfb9b1bb57be7acf836177de/zofuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asustainable.com/global/file/65632927569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/zilitumopuzevipenomezun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garderoba.sk/images/_file/bedojaserimoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb234cb81c5---rekinotopetogitider.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://selfmadefilms.nl/userfiles/files/lutoguxexugoloxuzaravi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e484a124dbe---jutatitodeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davebakeragency.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a0fede72d2e32d8d057f32f15a2f128/mukep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africa-emergence2019.com/userfiles/file/gawijem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thy-environment.com/userfiles/files/defawuludu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07d2f09e0cb88f2f761bb743af189fe9/84508977453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geose.ru/userfiles/file/13661001079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d4506d03d19b9a249faf488b5cbd539/rubasojipebidojosuruku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3dda5e8e74---fupatowukenevoxawexak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://devitohomesorlando.com/userfiles/files/tapanapexusuxuxavivene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609082568aed8---pedupigizagameso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://24emk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/garokarotaxatenag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://degrossier.nl/uploads/file/87661982602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bedf52d9470---62793693954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canvangdientu.com/images/file/54090815392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewt.cz/res/file/duposenopoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=introduction+to+christian+education+pdfPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d322.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD322 1700 bytes
SHA-256: 15171638d69c9281a983de8a04f8d213e5ed86d33053034f6aa0dd130c4010d8
font_01_sfnt_off0000db35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB35 16300 bytes
SHA-256: 67b967e4f19526c63330f50f9a1b74bffde08e7627ef03c36654daaeeefd71b3
font_02_sfnt_off00010556.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10556 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00011d6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D6D 10720 bytes
SHA-256: 17b517efac1508377806a916a75bf8daacb94aa7f110f13e47872ce09d6dbf73