Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e1f3dd157f4b5784…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-08-11 13:56:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 1a75cc8ed629a0c05bde0b4c9b843b96 SHA-1: 2a24a3be04de93d2560a4f0d68a20446ea5ea8ab SHA-256: e1f3dd157f4b5784892c1d368d35107870359504b190bcc556603b45af0d2bc4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File

The PDF document contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting sites, likely intended to trick users into downloading malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, classifying it as a phishing trojan. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests a downloader or redirector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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 http://mazurubezpieczenia.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/mimiwujazugexosoje.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gikguamerica.com/userfiles/file/pazebavejure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stauarchitetti.eu/userfiles/files/2602926397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://piuspvc.it/userfiles/file/juretume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a43ee4e6874---worujudotumupoxoxutoboxow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinmexindia.com/uploads/96001332678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c2b5c7f4b---polifukujifoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0cdc02afab---44167776518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m7fl5ogbm2109n1kn46v2coh1q/80772113724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eff735818bb4a659ba5e5e793aae8ae5/tixol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computer-rudolstadt.de/upload/file/15499360056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zerling.eu/nico/images/files/7665764246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac0b2547e12---xedotudoguminataven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/347ee392d44df1b0c6ced8b4da975523/20369845777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mauspro.net/upload/files/94569619936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.autodepotperformancegroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68b74buje7ak27d26u2mecuu79/11550708140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ed77ed58cc---15839775121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ampletrekking.com/userfiles/file/rofudesonefimetesozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f99ad4e08d3---bonul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088a303532ae---53977068510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b55c240d2be3bec00483888ff50531a6/vopofafow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/44137855420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drsubhashawale.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37775524351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.pro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04eh6ie307rik91ssrhta4o3a4/73779724046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b8f29972fe---68178442320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drinkpoint.com/uploads/files/kokomazowusonobivekuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=asi+se+dice+level+3+chapter+3+vocabPDF 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_off0000eca3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECA3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000104b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104B5 16668 bytes
SHA-256: 3a3a3227e56f81188d18121b48df7549d8bf02317c0051a646901a82181982e8
font_02_sfnt_off00012f38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F38 10868 bytes
SHA-256: 63d7be5e5a2f7338be1f403e3e5d873351e38eca4f462ccfcc361f4e9b3a04a8