Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e1abf05408aedf35…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 16:31:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 5517ccfd73a8e6bf9164f27c97eac1cc SHA-1: 92d22b740ebfb46737c90b0673792c09fc7b0522 SHA-256: e1abf05408aedf35f67c3f1b243f13ff6b3599005ddc4c28eb168b904aca7654
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, disguised as a free CV Europass download. This pattern is indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this file, likely serving as a lure to download a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=free+download+cv+europass+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://geerhannutpourreussir.be/docs/upload/files/wasegesewagewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2okm7cregc4r4sibc86vak5hb1/zuvekexowataganaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coffee33.ru/archive/file/remalosanudabutege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160762a58e25df---suwunurafafavulajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucarrorentacar.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74215322984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digiconelectronics.com/media/75605871782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erpos.sk/data/files/69879888134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d0d2118226---40519282394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrosteadycam.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31d2523356012db1f4b8d39be7f5c7d4/paperazavotijevibume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolphinegypt.net/userfiles/file/56116328111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmountvernon.com/uploads/files/20601851513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e233d445f344661d95705c405439329/fefovavubovolib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://change4best.ru/upload/file/27733720453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksiclub.org/projects/achievemore/admin/upload/fckImages/file/zowodokifaxedovenol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pjkconstruction.ca/images/file/17862290869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7975894b23213b5998bcfbb468a4fc4/pimegelorepowuvijuted.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovellreunion.com/clients/4/42/420738e4954c29d3cfd02fdb1bc9139f/File/40749505042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maynenkhipuma.vn/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/91479377698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8e10b7b330---wuvegefegeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i3erhmobf3jkf6hulr2gka6oob/42358163713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://startmatbaa.com/userfiles/file/fakijum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koreaseals.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96307635421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160800245d1621---99758392562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6037d243ac---81242625099.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c541.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC541 17812 bytes
SHA-256: 75aa4e97879eb4f0b05a2d5076755d95ce460f1177aecb6e61bb6e32effd2cdb
font_01_sfnt_off0000f349.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF349 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010b60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B60 10652 bytes
SHA-256: 59185b2db94b5f87206c9624c4dec62459473bb6c37e7187cb8b8cc70e0eba73