Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e1f719e4996b0cfb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-07-06 02:31:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 80e1e7c02a4971f412ce98976ed09a41 SHA-1: 15f783041443024f97ad2ff3d06ae59d55815305 SHA-256: e1f719e4996b0cfb32935d033a65be9d178b53c92eb6420f21f67b28f5e90885
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the nature of the links and the PDF structure align with techniques used to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://koreaseowon.com/ckupload/files/87742607669.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/42281719840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c8ead54224---91522448817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b1f3d3039b---vaxusedizeborejevajigom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidolamerica.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be892ef8cd33a06375704619cd91f172/fabex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://badrivishal.com/media/gasasevolivodoxajus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkortaxiservice.com/userfiles/file/xefepokozefijarumif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ofnqioh0m1d54n1lo5pkj6l8s4/38981121880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a580b641d99---50277510798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmwarts.com/ecovic/file/pepomuxumimumexiwezit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://outspokenholland.com/userfiles/fckFile/20210626071740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogaleazzo.eu/userfiles/files/ninozatuvejutowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faprosid.com/file/30610218927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://formel1vermietung.de/userfiles/file/ralununavazanezonig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ace9b64912c---57751995260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc51007e132a3b19b25c1bec9b88a2ab/94152381898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tanasiri.com/piceditor/file/61297280031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b178dfe50c87096cf822ad889e5b4aa/vosawuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aadhar-interior.com/userfiles/file/tarugubiratatuxir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6938d66891c197a11536c09cdfb4be76/23998243590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/gizelamuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082aaf455850---34657265961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a897e426eca---lokatomasazom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r4lh4s8q5smceddbg1hbjeahl5/joper.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlineticketreview.com/images/file/kasogagekareko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glcore.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fugipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8fd6865fd---motavulakixopogetokibidow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=over+exhaustion+symptomsPDF 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_off0000f4d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4D9 10880 bytes
SHA-256: 8611609930c3e84166defc2bb465b1713e556c26174f368e14fe17966ed7a634
font_01_sfnt_off00010df0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DF0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012602.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12602 16812 bytes
SHA-256: cbe58c415810a1f96da99f7f30199fadcf2342a7e9f91def63688dab6ad9890f