Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e1e86df3c1955da1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.5 KB Created: 2021-07-13 04:34:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: bb46388c9405e0d27978e170171439c5 SHA-1: 8498653468ae7cc9c84c76788e36ef7adca404b7 SHA-256: e1e86df3c1955da1c99737e67fb063e84d80896c0448392eb7e15e0751fce974
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories and other potentially untrustworthy domains, suggesting it functions as a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of these links and the overall structure align with phishing or malware distribution tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

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://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1622dd24b6---89685619919.pdf
    • http://wksystems.net/HotelEstimator/userfiles/file/2284207636.pdf
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dmnb0aj3ibj94i0cdoa0nlna15/79604020109.pdf
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9s0cse9ina6e1a734grcleguc/42180085686.pdf
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a745b1958ff---19696573240.pdf
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608892298d673---wezirufobubusuf.pdf
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2800acff6daccbae79bba87ae2b912b8/metekexopurizepumu.pdf
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce6a894cfe6d74d620499404987c7853/82852875349.pdf
    • http://marcus-1.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210613_687A1F938F835BF1.pdf
    • http://lamexmarket.com/uploads/files/6191218517.pdf
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a69233cb958---punekeruza.pdf
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b53162e76e---xovonilananuna.pdf
    • https://quickonboarding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6218e080a32d0ea95746d6d78636302/23916636368.pdf
    • http://ligneus.hu/upload/file/wekexazem.pdf
    • https://hchoanglong.vn/userfiles/file/54569477965.pdf
    • http://bclgrouptt.com/userfiles/file/dazubuxawizapun.pdf
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/tezadirodu.pdf
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/powojudilegez.pdf
    • http://geonatlife.es//ckfinder/userfiles/files/jixozusudutuluvibejunum.pdf
    • https://5a.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84227989312.pdf
    • http://megat.pl/uploaded/fck_files/file/40948348764.pdf
    • http://arch-teh.com/pic/userfile/nepafamolisi.pdf
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f3h4e798eqggo5qme1o2jm4gg/50755721588.pdf
    • http://hanboo.cn/Uploads/file/2021061923355570554.pdf
    • https://gites-les-bardots.com/userfiles/file/8664253603.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+enable+pop+up+blocker+in+chrome
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e8d4.bin
de7437869808f3c9fb58e58f778012bdc98e49e1c703d0f51202b2214dc3f8a7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8D4 16308 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fef8.bin
3ef0edd7db084eb80403372d3074483e6bb7421d4ed1913ddd3fb38df5838cba
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEF8 18044 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012d5e.bin
ce0cb928ec86ceb169b24f3b271f6b90a68d185d5ec168ffbbd4f3c6b2a8e2dc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D5E 10880 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off0001461b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1461B 16792 bytes