Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e1152eac38ff6873…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.8 KB Created: 2021-08-01 10:15:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 4005449da60034d924c8151d71287d87 SHA-1: ef0cda8f8cc6e70dccb104a586894cdfb1114031 SHA-256: e1152eac38ff68735c0fab181fc0ecf642b7ccdaa5478862f9c22d67298d5821
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm used to host malicious content. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs the user to download a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway security. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092e4860b091---zixogaxezubirodade.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0abe36c144---xarewifotikigivigalived.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zetrade.cz/userfiles/file/roveluguwetovubotazebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99c457fa23be474c89b05c1253d1b735/pulelajedeloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160772681e6929---48093901404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081edd083476---87230162057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2.net/contents//files/rejugilowurorina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vc1cqg661ct17ht4qab5r94ec6/mipivosifejalirutorij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenbrier101.com/userimages/41025821592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapli74.ru/upload_picture/gafeboguka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dainichiji.com/upload_ckr/files/jogizijefuzol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8550c3dc8c516b9931f5964895ad35d/37974396447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thrifty-uy.com/files/others/26237912737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaongonmaiphuong.vn/webroot/img/files/bemavegojururufab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae4e305b92c074bbf3ab680931a4b36f/rubanosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hamburgeriaagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k0a4aqrim3endiqm5dkttn707l/disamukemusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drtamerturan.com/file/tuboxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fc683a33977de5f3f14f3cc76ab4574/fogoluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4e508ad8a8---miguradutukopixipab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiuruvedenlukio.fi/tiedostot/file/55883614555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7k96rlhuvchdlstmtqi99j90d4/xogobiturebutuzekawavebil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089247813f57---tejodimudojoxunogapofanor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chronocertif.com/userfiles/file/gupekusamuleze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa6e1cb3e91---juxunad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4vsfsm6r4pqrt6fdg2j83aeft7/peboboluvosojudobebowoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bakineshr.az/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muxefepedox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=activar+windows+server+2012+r2+cmdPDF 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_off00010af0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AF0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012302.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12302 18520 bytes
SHA-256: 8bf37d57a624a8e1b7968189ed4df1ab83d0c82700985c958b1a2e156fca3d66
font_02_sfnt_off0001535c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1535C 10912 bytes
SHA-256: 30c6674fca9c980bdccce73141275b545ce35ea0c127293e67e044ab341eecd6