Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e1be5cc93ef502e2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-07-02 09:36:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f433cb967de7f4464624b8ef8a3b9ff1 SHA-1: c3fca3f7d4e3c078e97fec3e46a85ff5448c23bc SHA-256: e1be5cc93ef502e265cc4f3a25f16aa63ce86a1a604d328ba62f58ec936708ee
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate that the primary goal is to redirect the user to external malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=plural+of+uncle+and+aunt
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c89e346e75cbd306e3bf5a5072db5252/lirumewitoda.pdf
    • http://bizbecho.com/pa/trainstation/uploads/image/file/raxujizile.pdf
    • https://www.eoluk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ktd59gtsmda5u3ditvdqg79im/gavim.pdf
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f10983ef7147f9e07e0172523eacb9fe/1906484851.pdf
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4715d7e063600de4d8d0798100bee446/33935415974.pdf
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acc770bf865---23860702667.pdf
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd420c52226---36185112468.pdf
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1bc7d1aa5b---66680993810.pdf
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/90955400179.pdf
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160873595463fe---devumuvawodupevi.pdf
    • http://odpadykj.cz/UserFiles/File/1791223201.pdf
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b662288a7ae---84187624604.pdf
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4638853ab---9427965617.pdf
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6af3772b0be8c1564e932ac4a1f16ee9/dilegewiki.pdf
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e2f6abd7da---nuzad.pdf
    • http://babamoleskine.com/files/file/51348856859.pdf
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bafd6bc8edd---80172881387.pdf
    • https://trimix.bg/UserFiles/File/tanogofemifefusedunire.pdf
    • http://usmleworkout.com/files/file/madabobogizatu.pdf
    • https://houstoncoinshow.org/FCKeditor/file/durusolosupejilolipes.pdf
    • https://bluza-shop.ru/content/File/4577037599.pdf
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2e020e4fb4---56038355834.pdf
    • http://28777886.com/Lpf/UPFILE/userfiles/files/66905023544.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_off0000f318.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF318 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010b2f.bin
0f79e1f81e8ee64a73c5a33d87fd38fb0b1c5765a713b6055f51a53730256079
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B2F 10312 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012293.bin
56c98e92c23b660c1d2db960272b6454b5006dac267567131c73b5e15a974367
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12293 19060 bytes