Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e04baf15e290f8e8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-07-19 06:06:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 18d75a9e936a17fea106c69f679262e4 SHA-1: 64ca727be0f8d0636bc10a73d41e608e5d5e9522 SHA-256: e04baf15e290f8e89c479a1f0c291b81e5b7d562586a2dce3532efacc92f35cf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be generated by wkhtmltopdf, indicating it's not intended for human readability but rather as a container for these malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://amatnieks.com/pictures/image/xepef.pdf
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0aba843206e9e88893b84a601f15970a/velegefad.pdf
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78c2b45c0a4c0194b5675962f89b14f1/75881283740.pdf
    • https://biocoils.com/img/file/pebif.pdf
    • https://www.herewardcarpets.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/494erhs4smgevdng8l1g05j0bp/51983848374.pdf
    • https://fnb-concepts.com/images/uploads/files/xexamirorigesujasune.pdf
    • http://newdimension.su/userfiles/file/niwifewel.pdf
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/53091959176.pdf
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c4d0877c59---jofemi.pdf
    • https://biothiennam.com/media/ftp/file/takugadugowanupeguluko.pdf
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b0bf12c64e96bc5fed044e938b77aaa/98358191291.pdf
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aced26be082487f81fc8368a1c5858cb/1508294227.pdf
    • http://cjandjunemillerfarm.com/clients/75830/File/zojilavejekakog.pdf
    • http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f63ff5b5ec---bunetenulumaraj.pdf
    • http://carrollcountylawyers.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/ruvugapewexavab.pdf
    • http://caudafotografia.com/userfiles/files/bipijukidowofalumof.pdf
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b04f61c7bca---41835917556.pdf
    • http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/39693687592.pdf
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19eef6ba08e8596e0486c2d4fb848682/21828432940.pdf
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4633de48ec182f4fb6b2b5a04416f626/70309897470.pdf
    • http://naturallabs.de/userfiles/file/gobozevuvalufatedopevosag.pdf
    • http://ciskmv.com/css/file/pexalutuzitaxozobolux.pdf
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/27410802065.pdf
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c2620a7bfa---xafotizalobafutulug.pdf
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/wokubodosojodoni.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=words+that+have+ped
    • 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_off0000d6dd.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6DD 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000eeef.bin
480e0bd1f81461827244252d7e403b7dc3f78955735d6687eb2ef1965b2985b0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEEF 19404 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000120cb.bin
605f231d9f0247977835641c0c8409b3db08233324f4bffff93636d1a5b94ded
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120CB 10304 bytes