Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e1c97705fe04e39b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.7 KB Created: 2021-07-20 05:51:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 6aba8fc992252e91241b08a9d1a4f311 SHA-1: 8eec00c0a52396644a43ae43680af2d41cdc3261 SHA-256: e1c97705fe04e39bc0a429d6525e1199e795168b8f9be64e67149c423ff89023
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, likely to distribute further malware or conduct phishing. The presence of external URIs and link farms suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious sites, aligning with spearphishing tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073904e41016---pejidafuxukekedozopir.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vgu3d56g5frnecng17ajj1h7i4/67301291756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amsaneeraus.fi/userfiles/files/monegofivolepozak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcc4f814a3a71a04b7a97ab51d179d21/rewepalaziguxedufisotuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080933883df7---boponapukizoxur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shen-su.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/rozekoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arab-hams.com/Ups/files/76278822790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comobrew.com/newsite/images/user_uploads/file/94188832542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hgcosntm6vphh0i82iho57bu62/92040697236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b05bec312f4b64e567a3640a801344c2/kimefugiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h1o60ljdqt93lph4auak4ci1o3/57442682331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohouse-lab.com/userfiles/file/52608908124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nitm.ac.in/nitmeghalaya/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59917729058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davidhammerstein.org/userfiles/file/80892034594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e6975f39c2---55801573551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6e105a23d5---18372826664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----ftbkdcamitb5h.xn--p1acf/files/fck/file/kawepedejilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vieclamxaydung24h.com/upload/files/39969617692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b831443722946a57ad9dd6959e4c6522/sapolipabewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609584f07d9f5---39034122918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rugerwafers.com/demo/ruger/beta/userfiles/files/vifuwimozor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhihoaiduc.com/uploads/files/fadogaxajef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesundimjob.at/images/content/files/69317422555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=sap+fi+interview+questions+and+answers+pdfPDF 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_off00010d83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D83 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001259a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1259A 10920 bytes
SHA-256: d5e4b834f7da54b6ba8ef50fc48eb5209a1cfe0cdc9603ae5b756359a4b93fba
font_02_sfnt_off00013ed7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13ED7 17792 bytes
SHA-256: fbb89f52d6edc2c829b8eb6c33ade0404da17b311566d31f4313a03617cfb24b