Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e1e8002b8f158f5d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.6 KB Created: 2021-06-11 21:13:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: e3c56ad2bd00ce9b6f92c0b71d576fbb SHA-1: fb45f520fcf8c7746a764bcf81e8c443879fe9eb SHA-256: e1e8002b8f158f5dc614bee52469217cdadc94002da376e9c54fb899d627f86d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, suggests a lure related to PDF editing. The presence of multiple high-severity heuristics, including ClamAV detection and ML flagging, strongly indicates malicious intent. The primary attack pattern involves directing users to malicious URLs that likely serve as downloaders for further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+edit+pdf+on+preview
    • https://globalclassic.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pcn1d9jmptf3lh7fsi7tvdiemv/lajudexutuzi.pdf
    • https://castel.ro/userfiles/file/saxilojatumosabigepezudi.pdf
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b80542a2872---61758791709.pdf
    • http://dobrasekacka.cz/userfiles/file/45857043058.pdf
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mokocpm0l1bnro3s989vkb66jv/lazakatoxe.pdf
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074fe763415f---pivojatugud.pdf
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c934277c21fbce8ca04aebb1abb017e/7006599210.pdf
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfbed812312---wasufizexirujojonedo.pdf
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082fa9a4178d---75364875706.pdf
    • http://arniestribu.com/campannas/file/liguriwowelanuzelipu.pdf
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f21ec2e176a89eb6bfc622b032beb11/28507507650.pdf
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4s9p908kilrb15ggleiursei47/gafefabixekuxinenukuwakef.pdf
    • http://edgecs.net/documents/32490291030.pdf
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ad79f40ef1e2d527ee1c5bd919f207a/25708403436.pdf
    • https://pensiunea-escape.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fekelinupilatut.pdf
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b32cb529138---niboxipe.pdf
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d9a6650cde---64343707065.pdf
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.html
    • 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://scripts.sil.org/OFL

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dfd7.bin
b913736885d34b776bf81af0320c6c835527f2a735db73155d09ef1226b77602
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFD7 4728 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f014.bin
1846fd482e3cd1fa1d3ce2f14269221f79a2bc4ff562d0bd213f28808dc05a0a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF014 11752 bytes