Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e0893cfc737cc3b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-07-02 04:53:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2bfbe1c5aba2e2618f592998da98ec82 SHA-1: 9aa85e449a634d36094329f5786f38fe74a0768c SHA-256: e0893cfc737cc3b5eaf181c5aca0414981dd03d8b5cf57de519d99fa5f143ee1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to other PDF files hosted on compromised websites, likely to lure victims into downloading further malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links suggests a coordinated effort to host and distribute malicious files.

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=words+with+vv+next+to+each+other
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f0184e43d50d936e2010cc429e4ddc2/birodidatuxozogut.pdf
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a0fe443607d6641dc23978a050c7b5e/12175136351.pdf
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c20f0f32b41eca6c44f2a8b84d9c201b/71661295835.pdf
    • http://train-in-japan.com/images/blog//file/94405860244.pdf
    • http://yossy.biz/userfiles/file/44486893326.pdf
    • http://rustproofingottawa.com/userfiles/file/zawalemevabajigotane.pdf
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bca955f2eda---24153400909.pdf
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d03d328829---fajusalijenazufajate.pdf
    • http://asianaccounting.com/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/repaxeb.pdf
    • https://soba05.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8450e1c0be7f19e5b8267b7f29a80c5/xalupojorujexovoxosu.pdf
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c6ij466i2pccfvvgkrflvnf2p/68182023760.pdf
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8da09517b126327f325c5a535016bc31/vudoxojopofu.pdf
    • http://francescofesta.it/userfiles/files/jawenu.pdf
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a12e359fd0d---pamumugetebixut.pdf
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8038cf5e023b871f5e71f6fe8d497009/6625985482.pdf
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f1e7af38e4---revefuvepaxijilawug.pdf
    • http://www.bordadoindustrial.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wajezupu.pdf
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac9f9fe9eb4---lijeb.pdf
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081c55755966---92718355456.pdf
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/co8ktp4i8ioosl6p1md6l8vm8q/wujajexijunomukigi.pdf
    • http://eros-arena.de/eros/userfiles/file/vamufiwujuji.pdf
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/49034614987.pdf
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41926bc37f586df8ad56f0dc38e366b8/7463144389.pdf
    • https://nada70.org/userfiles/file/katudadosa.pdf
    • https://harkakotony.hu/UserFiles/file/zonetamelofogidanekeribo.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_off0000ee47.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE47 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010659.bin
fc966dcd20fae3e139613f65268fbe45e02a117b0006d5a74e4951a4a27e059e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10659 17760 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013500.bin
ee0a8db00c33dd156d56456e4a83e8b4a10e511f82cb4053c25493e28459d585
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13500 10668 bytes