Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e0b25be19dcdfd6f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-07-20 18:12:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: c8d1b84bce3aa5af7b04d8e9bbe579d3 SHA-1: 6883d1a7824e6f2fdd8e66776074fb3b42b3639e SHA-256: e0b25be19dcdfd6fa1a1d507f9844fc5b3c4ac90b118170ed82be585dfad7073
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically identified as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. These links are designed to redirect users to potentially malicious PDF files hosted on disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb4cc501900---wesisalivepotanovimuzej.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ajitcoatings.com/uploads/rabunatubofelipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--mgbaf4adbs1bd2i.net/upload/ckfinder/files/lulivejizevasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e08f661f3---51222195253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allasclub.com/campannas/file/zidemigajal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8c21064139---viwowinewujolugekatuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbd46ed2cee---79382480650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newcastlehigh1967-50threunion.com/clients/43248/File/mimelarufedipiwojaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfd8d219c0557e94b422374c5c018364/58574189837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609045a0a66e6---vowurobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a095b5e1fa4---6854022510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc824g58p8i9p49guarkhaa4n7/zolezebukewawodofapawiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608791291f04a---jaferotozojadodunixeboveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b98f0e06ad5a73f3b42a927c3219403d/soziwijutajukeruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luathoanghuy.com/uploads/files/ferifaxup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e90765b8b9d---titedebanufutuzenod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2e63653897---kepasaporepidodofem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f10sg8oecl3bgjb21sskn19fr3/fulamixezedabofoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d18490a0938---36530873551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070d27f0a18d---33448747796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southernlightingsource.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70adf9f560ed932513b0df5d0679067d/86359076392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosedreamholidayhomes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10447397873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amblamy.ee/upload/file/61763921413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/393f7dfc3d1088ed4eb125a81a140b32/vixoxusogupudijowaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd6219708d2---82723939591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=cfd+s01+sony+manualPDF link annotation
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ba69860c2b38f06f0ee5cf8ad66ec03/5905629274.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_off0000ef01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF01 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010718.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10718 10512 bytes
SHA-256: 7bbad35c38fc7eac8f5bae8f98de7135721871cdabbca04d0872e6b3705fb4a0
font_02_sfnt_off00011f0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F0C 17996 bytes
SHA-256: 97057268242b456d0a074febde1dd6b58e2ed192e2f6d17082ed7ee6a4bdb012