Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e1e8bc6af4600cf8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-08-17 02:47:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 1459e73177e863bd05fd7d4f75bc495a SHA-1: 72fbbf15b5d5bd29a7a23e10d2aa89c1b275c601 SHA-256: e1e8bc6af4600cf830a12d18dc9348e7b84886440707140e709694c8bf3c4cad
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document's structure and the nature of the linked URLs suggest it is part of a campaign to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://familienbilstrup.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nenebixulog.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b82811833f4---xobagasudidajifol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fincasotilloviejo.es/files/sotillo/_repo/file/norusonoduruze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc0c2742a9---xejukewokolitisoxolema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cd0a54486c361b2459b233b40b03668/61197245376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6310d91e6bda00ea9a8be2bec18c0171/bobavowudizemawan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.syria-report.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/butunemegebul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archgeo-leszno.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/fefexigif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--i1aam8cb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e14c83e2db455b269295517f4f7a105f/mivejum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c58469be7a---rinazakopuxirapidipibisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elpijisystem.com/file/nukuwip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7bccd01602d4e705385cd0a8ba228a2/maforezivonemol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160888db1dbd23---75006254675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/91360301803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twinmd.ru/userfiles/file/89511834035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0ad9e216bb---nodawategarasuwozojet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stonebuild.bg/f/uploads/files/xakinun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citra.cl/userfiles/file/42057022033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://articolo17.it/siti//usr/foto/files/85307552468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lyzebrno.cz/userfiles/file/46500824592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/23294379079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3dtechgroup.com/uploads/image/files/mifexabegijufafurul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xpress2.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75953149599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=parallel+structure+worksheet+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_off0000d743.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD743 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF5A 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 020ea18cb5268d7908d73471d04b134049c3eaabf2d866e66de8b329b60c8767
font_02_sfnt_off000108ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108AC 16676 bytes
SHA-256: e715cd62be24a55a96048f89099d89680d75cbfcdb44fe8e2ddc45044decc94f