Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e0d8c615f0749c9f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 10:51:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: fc5ad12b7ba64f868d6976f500f2ff81 SHA-1: e2fe3ea98e5656a6e6536ccc15fd8dd6eb09c287 SHA-256: e0d8c615f0749c9fec7ccf4f6602de2cbf17cc84d603f4288145a33fa7d60fb8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to numerous external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple external links suggests an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9900

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 https://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+edit+pdf+files+in+adobe+acrobat+8+professional
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cbf42f844f7842fd7b00b7776f42476/72681900509.pdf
    • http://buffagiuseppeinfissi.com/userfiles/files/susarewofoninanafidu.pdf
    • http://mywayrtk.org/userfiles/file/4802909282.pdf
    • https://ebooksweb.net/files/file/40633078440.pdf
    • http://sicilyontable.it/userfiles/files/51837717289.pdf
    • https://avigailpekelman.com/sites/default/files/file/30078136446.pdf
    • http://tbeaindia.com/userfiles/file/69641264578.pdf
    • http://chatfieldfarms101.com/userimages/74979782448.pdf
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/632f6da6d732140a33a413de7abc3793/mupovason.pdf
    • http://cokhixnktientien.com/Images_upload/files/27070419974.pdf
    • http://csc0898.com/userfiles/file/20210817054409_6ht7yl.pdf
    • https://mgc.to/sites/web/upload/files/gurabej.pdf
    • http://aklond.com/UploadFilesfile///2021051516152619.pdf
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dcc55641023---biruzibalet.pdf
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b54896ca498---81081219822.pdf
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f6ab9f4ff8e---56025071177.pdf
    • http://chinazzjx.com/d/files/siduzewelok.pdf
    • https://ijp2.com/contents//files/pagelamurofidexefinar.pdf
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6hdtpfuoohsku0bg25litn7tmi/sabetun.pdf
    • http://churchtextile.com/userfiles/file/fimig.pdf
    • http://fabienneblavier.be/upload/files/sutowekufolulowumi.pdf
    • https://nepalonetours.com/userfiles/files/kusisofimabeviduwopeleno.pdf
    • http://stonestudio.pl/files/upload/file/32973957298.pdf
    • http://nowator-zpu.pl/userfiles/file/kitabatigurojitagitifik.pdf
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b292e7ae642---vifanakugoguzuwidejaxosev.pdf
    • http://evola.it/userfiles/files/sofuvasam.pdf
    • http://fluitec.fr/ressource/site-image/files/kowofawixetox.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b83d.bin
8458a12450582dd71036b3f4f3d03b39047178ff0f9aa2e9a7b8f14d0409c91b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB83D 11036 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d1dc.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1DC 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000e9ee.bin
57b72480dc16e1e640ea5560c1b87ee2f9c6e1c438fe9fce5e3e30cc74915c16
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9EE 16788 bytes