Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e0d1e49184603488…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 13:04:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f3f30085a637025c3d334fd4b05bbf2b SHA-1: 4c8047c9f650651b5c78c82c94ca42aa57a711e8 SHA-256: e0d1e4918460348875deb4d481f99fba6f8796356c2d1c6bf981187175001393
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous embedded URLs that point to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting. The primary purpose appears to be redirecting users to external sites, which is a common tactic for phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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 http://www.cemeba.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/70451194860.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c931391da78---252156660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staceyasp.com/UserFiles/file/kepike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhatnamvina.vn/rich_editor/file/40079564413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09c06b5e5b776f2014e7c6a6c277c15b/dosavulovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16122710f99223---33316113686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smsenerji.com/resimler/files/88661449347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088a9d994b3c---rokibunesizuwilalawaxak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rapabzenec.cz/obrazky/files/62225800903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://applexin.com/ttpsea/files/file/nikidodagizuguvinajejolis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noithatkuongthinh.com/uploads/files/xokipukotonuxupuvimal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carolinaboatclub.com/userfiles/file/32832314753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7476d1f873---39722127374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiavysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/56075315885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5235a48b50f2d99985e5dbb97029f23/jaduturom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bd8a2fde0dd0dcc8f80318c5834cebe/xinixiwaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--djr00fsyfv0o5qgy9u.net/filespath/files/20210828194319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mg001.cn/upload_fck/file/2021-5-9/20210509025021338419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haohanlegend.com/Uploadfiles/files/99622209174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160752ad63b09f---wifiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160796b5bbe64d---retelej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160756e2b96a1a---16837946929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extrastyle.ee/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82960174414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610741c2511b8---79820947240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=practical+gastrointestinal+endoscopy+the+fundamentals+7th+edition+pdfPDF 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_off00010f19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F19 19184 bytes
SHA-256: 0659c79124599fddb6414bffff1bbf195c7750982161e4129b9ef1c953bc9dbb
font_01_sfnt_off000140fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140FB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015912.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15912 11332 bytes
SHA-256: 2f1df9f2b33022005a250abcbd76e94b86915f2acb2578793269c3032c89347c