Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e0d37bcda290806d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-07-04 08:59:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 6bb5b494fe4c6bc33131414b37e72465 SHA-1: 37d34dc2917dff44f8247f070b6e360b594e6850 SHA-256: e0d37bcda290806d864c6856357daad0e88fbc5dfe78b7e09f085d914bafa3f9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, as indicated by the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure itself is designed to lure users to external, potentially harmful, resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qn994v2cb7vbmpejoqdsemt8f3/ratoxuzof.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d3310f9e15f283598bfa3c91a4af2ba/bopiwora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608807d88ba0a---sumokovapomekuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b029371djr2csvr09vs2n67a19/tuselajekuliviloxasadepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://applexin.com/ttpsea/files/file/wanurutawazap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091f67f22e55---42417118590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/678366dcf8d7b2fd1bc4f9aa77cf6829/15204042468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a036f63db65---97993909944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noddy.nu/images/file/59537413076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd08ffab1be---91197056413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ff02acf766ad254e64028e35471d58b/zuxomigimororexape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturallabs.fr/userfiles/file/68025178868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itacademyindia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gupilotupomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eb73a1ea1c---polisusabivurevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ultraljud.nu/bild/files/78831498603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aceranalitik.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tilafumabub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdbchurch.com/clients/43262/File/vewijekewijugiwevugezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77fdb511b2900bbd043e962a22bf729f/tibob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://museodegliarazzimarsala.com/userfiles/files/ludowekeninalipep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xo-sound.ru/userfiles/file/56828155610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kede.org/userfiles/file/xetuvatotinitawugonina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4ccd991a72---27053638409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba9087b3b58---korajigepuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6f0bc3bf60f5dcf130d575d3e823579/79619016320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba540de081e---88822638901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=notes+psychology+class+12PDF 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_off0000e877.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE877 10620 bytes
SHA-256: a7cbfce4bf61fa803964dcfa9fe29f73956c2a86c7e0ecf523d142654f286062
font_01_sfnt_off00010120.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10120 16832 bytes
SHA-256: ee0e64721888726574ed067a52ddc58ac858a96ea6df3d8b8b9bf41dc9ec7934
font_02_sfnt_off00012cca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CCA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1