Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e1cd60be0bd58fd1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-07-28 13:21:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 5b809b671b45a763f754b02c194d432a SHA-1: 659b28fe839e041e953b3d3c41c9e2c8e1d6fcc2 SHA-256: e1cd60be0bd58fd1cf0d04f615ecc5ee4eb8e57c9517c0f9c87db6cd34b0203a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or SEO manipulation. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, limiting further analysis of specific payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 https://tasivn.com/upload/ck/files/4179656612.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084fbd2587de---67782765693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gps-tw.com/CKEdit/upload/files/44308668378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a137125jghmp64cmrkik64615/66685319625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laptopplus.be/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/wetaretabokoronekidijisex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/muduzuvobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrospizzadb.com/uploads/files/mujufepibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095cdccb5e31---pibuzoxuwovetifexoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rdmsrl.it/userfiles/files/9333479454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duetsepolno.pl/userfiles/file/lododumerazewoluligetese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f9fe7ee281---zobepunosuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivepe-elearning.gr/assets/UserFiles/mainHome/file/68803893822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectionistpaintingnj.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/venoxozasiligukodakixap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e099c10637b---16556220384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burragebrothers.org/demo/jolie/beta/userfiles/files/75935336645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160744208c4b1d---jakeratanorukinazanopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e47be8c8f728bfb915f31994a788340/53351227868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thegioidongphuc.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vesowuwevujem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grubstreet.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fowero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f2c1394d3d---16925339486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ptfals4qpa0ivd0fpij3h506mc/woweto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092053fda723---wamudatebalivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgyscom.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-25/20210725224443438220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ec098f78c4794df19da2335a5c1137c/sokoropazenix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=international+phonetic+alphabet+chart+with+examplesPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e8f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8F6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001010d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1010D 10916 bytes
SHA-256: 247242887fbe924200d127a859f0e13e5385299433dd7fb671c1869ed6f65cf7
font_02_sfnt_off000119ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119EE 1716 bytes
SHA-256: a56ae7749f1e3231a191fe4fba9365800e25e17ffa20f71b12bb7b5f80b8a035
font_03_sfnt_off00012215.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12215 18660 bytes
SHA-256: 692b81ba0655090b1904025e5f63836a97a93478c1b898d40625b3b40c3a9aac