Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e1d570172b63e58a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

119.1 KB Created: 2021-07-05 10:48:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 6f2a8ee13278b34d9e4b8ddd8246e690 SHA-1: 3eba5555961202e9a75b2a7f35e67a9a97190ebf SHA-256: e1d570172b63e58a234e81aaabc05186a3b2fb39a69cc0d7700c98b8324c24b4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure of downloading malicious content. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly indicates malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f40c77d9ba---kotuji.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://yssnewlessons.org/UserFilesTwo/file/82656126671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sapuzafemiwepem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olympusflights.com/files/files/54530455471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bangkoksolarpower.com/syner_upload/images/files/barilogazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opuntia.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8fb0e15e8882a8d9dbfceb932f9bddf/gabavut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ef0f1a382b---pinugobasejagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8c9da09a525b084f7576d92c81b2d2b/47207119038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087fea4b45b8---pufuvukidobovaponiwaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stoewebdesign.no/userfiles/file/58165047037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tanriovermensucat.com/uploads/genel/files/bebabezurijison.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22f91fc53e0a882c4b5a1e15906bf9f3/6095706833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lorichphoto.com/pictures/file/fibide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af65bf643b6---budotux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e172b226c0---85551828480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harasim.cz/uploaded/files/faxalamanojoxid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsforwarriors.org/userfiles/files/kawuzijudovotekefuwuneziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cementfeet.com/userfiles/file/tijerewudatonamigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9p4b29dncp2cc6y.net/upload/fckeditor/file/sosozikedogujifisalaruti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89772e07a70471bdb8592f333445c98d/30829236448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnzhongkui.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/uploads/file/031046576863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160952f0d2c2e6---39021229902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=kaysons+video+lecturesPDF 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_off00016b2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16B2A 10632 bytes
SHA-256: 7463199a3b008b4a78172ed70d57f7f280d8ad252db3a3946e97469eb6b7f852
font_01_sfnt_off000183ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x183AE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00019bc0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19BC0 19296 bytes
SHA-256: 91116d4c501d5d6cf5d2a4d8f06eb0418916a12cb1dfe64fb54a81f284a260e2