Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e0e53e5ffa49bcd5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-07-10 04:27:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 4e5cad090ca86088d0ddf1dfbb4b3bb7 SHA-1: 74cb9517befd681165b941a7b8f167fda168d573 SHA-256: e0e53e5ffa49bcd5d8526015e9b0bbe51309d0cfd3da917130e84370b7b46d4b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded URLs and the link farm structure suggest an attempt to direct users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9933

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+add+save+as+pdf+in+word+2007 PDF link annotation
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb584c66115---68406140150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3648nhimu5aqca17ml04cn7m62/sofusixodububunemorevalib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tahi.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kenikuniviwasenugikepodif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094e0319ce53---22276119129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/28963899271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160723615ed007---84580566111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagiez.de/userfiles/file/bijurotejorimediji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuha.be/_files/file/nomununetodebutudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ac0fe6e885---dawuzimanoxofel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5b8a9964e7---wofibinibevusat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cropscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/667404463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/ledakimelefijaxosadure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b84d9c2e436---56674815720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifo-sea.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jumepugufijixapodij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexnepaltravel.com/userfiles/file/batitolodupol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dcmheavyequipment.com/admin/images/file/dekelagewolobovof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9luc72opho1tcb2koi0836g1lh/73489924993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67e504dc5e78168fa3d379bc7e4c2d0a/dudidemuselove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hani-bee.com/userfiles/files/xakuvudup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/20174122859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160799baa36c41---kotokiweredov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariomariani.it/userfiles/files/wuvusamowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agatanorek.com/files/file/xuxubisobegim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/95181073724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cc2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC2C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e443.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE443 10880 bytes
SHA-256: c28a25cceacb4a4fd079100cf9dbeee41b9a2d62706e8c045907f2ac071a4146
font_02_sfnt_off0000fd9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD9D 1780 bytes
SHA-256: ee6d8c25003eb2de61ee1fda640ec7b8e4605923364b71ee832b966c85f0f81c
font_03_sfnt_off000105fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105FC 17304 bytes
SHA-256: 6e2c9755d663ca225cd93f54f00ab0ef6274de0445b6c6840332e3bf6a87c369