Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e0d4e853d9c62bb8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 22:55:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: e23e548ae6afa1186f35688551f09e72 SHA-1: 38f3d43ef70d9bb47b46ecce27b005a46ca0ca68 SHA-256: e0d4e853d9c62bb85b0568a77f3a46475c4adb1b0c302872b3c50b9a4f71274b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF that contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, likely intended to host malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically phishing or trojan delivery. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610e543ca28cc---26283725284.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hanhthien.net/uploads/file/68025605122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turksebruiloften.nl/userfiles/file/xupuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/gizapomexamusag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/petuxisol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tepihtrava.rs//files/zedepivivunupexuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marmaraisg.com/images_upload/files/dopupiperujorawogezav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ae7b2cc03f9b05f149c5b654813ddac/womik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082a6740cd28---bilegijiruja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc2ba9e8c0b---69637660411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smarttechsolutionukltd.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/87140363061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noospc.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/lepaluwopeluzasonidukiwiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spl-designs.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fawikexilemorawesavewoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gildiamasterov.ru/userfiles/file/55356197170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwong-cheong.com/userfiles/27536090565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mictrogiang.com/userfiles/files/fakum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timebank.ru/sites/default/files/photos/pagefile/42937359645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuexedanang247.com/uploads/image/files/55639617884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e4882bde2d---29514824116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profipreklady.cz/www/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gekaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semagro-msw.ru/pics/images/file/faniwimilagenomoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b4a086983d---89861887832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6044912eab---wasezogomarimokorifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hamburgeriaagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sd17qft40f2tiam6triu498dca/fosalakejomabazixulomumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aa2a085cea---tonifomatenejub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=woodroffe+serpent+power+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_off00010d00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D00 10268 bytes
SHA-256: 4215a298947fbbf9431b5b91c9f962cd23ca2ce4edeee872d2ffaefeabcc4ef7
font_01_sfnt_off00012446.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12446 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013c58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C58 19568 bytes
SHA-256: b16859d80d0e835796b25b7bbd3f67759e7c50519fa15e48560a228715991ae0