Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e0936fb50045a093…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 21:06:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: a578b314036cc585d14ad91ebe5324aa SHA-1: 8471b2d76154c3238bee6aa5837a4edc42b8aaee SHA-256: e0936fb50045a0931bcf3083c59befeadf387c03b35cc2d5cf5612ceb433b20d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards an attack pattern involving redirection to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9934

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=outlook+mail+online PDF link annotation
    • https://quickonboarding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9573ccdb04f3274b1be8b11ec0dec04/bomajixodun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf5c8eee0e4---fivawabiluza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f7206eccfed488f18bb030d08070d7a/vagidixozak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architects-desk.com/uploadsfile/41722920071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classicalgardenstatues.com/uplds/file/77769655481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a185fa110a3---81676973556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmosimpex.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luzijovijow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icbacademy.com/upload/files/55313931013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngusacdon.com/upload/files/wusibibovareta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chatanakonci.cz/userfiles/file/mesiwegifagujorijiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/obn8ugdgplm7c87p5mbut1gvf4/fipimatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da2438680c7245b2509801a84d0d76a8/17759412741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aftaplan.com/works/peepsparty/html/upload_files/file/71266000880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b08f1a4ac7---wemojezafisepififetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e6e0b5fda4---51958937012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://badaranquehablar.com/userfiles/files/jebimofifizeneko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vom-ragnaroek.de/uploads/file/valuruga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccspevents.com/clients/24998/File/79759391268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rigassprotes.lv/uploadz/file/70958404287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baovephuongtroi.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/9378414940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilit.ir/basefile/digilitir/files/21123606892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d9e60b435a---61424094741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/17274011358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttccid.com/userfiles/files/12605563118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sculecuacumulator.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/88760204759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c-amc.com/upload/files/roxalelujemiribuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000cb46.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB46 15520 bytes
SHA-256: 732f40eae8dda56ec3dcad10ca294ef627e2610518c12dae6fea985e3666c180
font_01_sfnt_off0000f26a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF26A 10216 bytes
SHA-256: 5e21211eedb0f449de146dabcc31a96ac9692f5357b1299312563498b8f1944e
font_02_sfnt_off0001094e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1094E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1