Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e0d3d5a208844350…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.7 KB Created: 2021-08-14 12:12:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 30e26007f64bf4d88380431fe17eb03b SHA-1: a97669eddd5902a1d5e0b02d39920f3759e445a8 SHA-256: e0d3d5a20884435003246fabcb54328a0a0a3bb3630794780e2aa2fc7666c408
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to numerous domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external URIs and the link farm structure strongly indicate a malicious intent to redirect users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9236

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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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://tmtechvn.com/webroot/img/files/25060873095.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://donleroy.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/23885517627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xosobacninh.vn/webroot/img/files/2103110103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160712fb9d66b0---30850461910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078300828832---beduxenafej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607689d0e3ac2---tofewubamoditutibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magooferta.pl/uploads/fck/file/leniwuxibefafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldarim.ir/basefile/hoteldarimir/files/rifaletadalilelexubav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://service-panev.com/userfiles/fomifubonibafivegofubotol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businesslife.com/content/file/jakifudekunirivup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunnysolutions.it/uploads/assets/file/bosulosigologuguna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa52cd63c40---gezanimazoruka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recko.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bavegagipagulobageba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a59013e8957---87661352954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccskin.com/geektic/files/15830872659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vgfmrp0ij2mhr0i5t6etkcq8v5/30754667655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immobiliaresancarlotrieste.it/file/rokawufizeposukim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingdomofgodmn.org/userfiles/files/kukevasosavewukuzesino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608344c22a627---sitagizatotid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://addsfly.com/userfiles/file/regilivarewabigixuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aadhar-interior.com/userfiles/file/29457551562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akademibt.com/resimler/files/60441569273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b53609ec9ef---23585166075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=comentarios+a+la+nueva+biblia+de+jerusal%C3%A9n+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off00012901.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12901 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00014118.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14118 11280 bytes
SHA-256: 584c4796083cbd68f5584535734d84483b52c1cad95f92d7008af6a4d50c9f9c
font_02_sfnt_off00015b06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15B06 17836 bytes
SHA-256: 748a60d68026bdc017f02b1301c474a6b7352498afaa4dc5b60c039707f20e1d