Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e0c0e0f153213996…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 22:57:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 75919feb3c50df46791ce60a37599a12 SHA-1: 6c9b41b81e862d3201c832232fc445fc8422aaa5 SHA-256: e0c0e0f1532139969ee6c08e58f653aa8afff4b787ab70f7da1b5acfc0d59d88
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, indicated by multiple heuristics flagging it as a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the embedded URLs are likely used to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads, aligning with a spearphishing attachment attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d97035b41e1---85576528210.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://betamachinery.sa/other_files/File/zuzugutimozajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greffedecheveux.center/upload/ckfinder/files/27305914711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3d9f21a72473038b20fbabd7d817e8f/34314092609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beamstraffic.ae/amb/userfiles/file/lowoxetiwoxesaxaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105d2c76510e---sibaripixujefesaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.biz/files/file/59389948734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611b3bdc4bf33---74611759729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160746d18216c4---xowukexexowupurepuzemanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db48b458081---kerumopin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cff233eea92---fuxilazujawaxomunivur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manilag.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210712_8CB3CA52FD981997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vrieshorst.nl/images/uploads/file/9789387653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aozbt.com/clients/3/33/335f642cf73e2ad82edc7dd4a76dad4e/File/84060869357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8681394845332f73ebbdc95fdbe73270/sodupuviju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5ce641d10a---68848165397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ab9a4d6fa2---famedofib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidarepavimentimarmogenovaealessandria.it/userfiles/files/47024181201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drivingschool-brno.eu/files/14718605028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichilogistics.com/uploads/news_file/13408951068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reicar.dk/userfiles/file/675150773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f2ed288c2ae---vavali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://35ct1.com/images/ckImageFiles/files/dulogatazapetinag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boyanbolyarski.com/userfiles/file/bowufemugufofutari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=the+language+of+chemistry+or+chemical+equations+pdf+downloadPDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e5de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5DE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdf0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDF0 19716 bytes
SHA-256: 9ec1dfacea13f83325f29d01da22b999755f42bccbfa86b780249bec6cffff1b
font_02_sfnt_off00013230.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13230 11476 bytes
SHA-256: 36da2d2304c74a3389575555a7c4250c5f476ce34df0f6b8eef6ca7b0b94dddf