Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e1a307ea01793699…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-07-19 11:54:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c47aca210ba7b56981acab45db488d96 SHA-1: c9de96dbc12f9595ec8f2e0c41327b751a5c5468 SHA-256: e1a307ea017936992486f58b0b1dff0bc76ca563683b5315e6988bb53408033c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, with heuristics indicating it's a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting. The 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic suggests a pretext for user interaction. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs strongly suggest an attempt to trick the user into downloading a secondary payload, likely hosted on one of the provided domains.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b697e030a32---92415065231.pdf
    • http://endemic-capital.ru/uploads/files/gorafe.pdf
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abb9788819e5ecd8fdbd3def4d1b3cf0/fexejizezado.pdf
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b1462b3e27---xajolovenuxafebufebi.pdf
    • http://dush-kz.ru/uploads/fck/file/90545024538.pdf
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4d20d610e83b80f63ada1be7398fb20/85830571367.pdf
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c87de3e62e2---91246831758.pdf
    • https://addsfly.com/userfiles/file/wonaledegota.pdf
    • http://caopump.com/admin/userfiles/file/52172970517.pdf
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a3dad48a7a---fofuwenil.pdf
    • http://puppiesjust4u.com/clients/c/c8/c8a8d0e690f73854b1e7a5fbb9521f82/File/55953580682.pdf
    • http://cuacuonnhanh.vn/Images_upload/files/35422000331.pdf
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094227872405---39623548473.pdf
    • http://ozanatalan.com/iboard/includes/userfiles/files/16520046166.pdf
    • https://digireg.cz/upload/93304796554.pdf
    • https://zold-kommando.hu/files/20766625439.pdf
    • http://starwindows.ie/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74193498472.pdf
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c8852e4514---miwinewojepelarewezofep.pdf
    • http://drapikowski.pl/uploaded/fck_files/file/bazowonujekize.pdf
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f2310f24b45---bawilevufixetali.pdf
    • https://mygoaltv.com/ipp/images/uploads/files/fedaledusar.pdf
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607af56521bcb---wozefojeju.pdf
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092ec766aafb---63123232518.pdf
    • https://kanalprofi.at/UserFiles/file/rogupawepebeseru.pdf
    • http://daimarconstrucciones.com/images/admin/file/nisameb.pdf
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f3659a44af1314b2a68ea33ad1db0bb/77719048014.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=rsu+withheld+for+taxes
    • 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_off0000f1ae.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1AE 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000109c5.bin
9dc7807bcd70765c2dca9c0889cb70e2508a3ce55a62c4ad8d8a9a2b17264012
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109C5 10680 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012278.bin
d2ebcc84993ad066b318364fb7e2dfec96e3b38f19e0104ebfcc86017745fac8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12278 16808 bytes