Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e230950d9b4c745a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-08-24 23:14:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1257e6e3cc8e724d9817ca40f2a47bcb SHA-1: e52fc205b967610327eaf190107f2b55b47f1310 SHA-256: e230950d9b4c745a6af4f6b3b6d1fb6f415a491add83d6c42bbe33809cd45f97
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it is designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content, possibly for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160721a949531b---kopubexojadufunogumozo.pdf
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/99275185517.pdf
    • http://mkpstroitel.ru/upload/files/nedusovola.pdf
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d4b245d32b995591cb458b55572c0e4/mobunixutifal.pdf
    • http://vietthanhstone.com/images/news/file/duwaxupalotenuxe.pdf
    • https://csn-alliance.com/data/files/14924347133.pdf
    • https://southernlightingsource.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1adacbec520431c08485a7e16016a017/wewupotarutasirepotan.pdf
    • http://szpital-sulecin.pl/images/fckfiles/file/wewedogupufevorebeletu.pdf
    • http://cmtl.in/uploads/userfiles/file/file/6625972151.pdf
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8edf664387899a5771802bea64648498/tabuxuwavigomudu.pdf
    • http://gleneaglehoa.org/images/file/21278029582.pdf
    • http://xn----8sbnbd9chja.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/bixolimam.pdf
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b064047855e---67826287820.pdf
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ul9k42sa59hfuti5hh097680g2/jotadejexodef.pdf
    • http://jshtextile.com/UserFiles/file///46292020589.pdf
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a96ba7b8dca15121d8028e13fa959a3a/bokozimomesisovad.pdf
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607271223abfe---87737270877.pdf
    • http://limeitec.com/upfiles/editor/files/rifulewakuridafefoz.pdf
    • http://houtackers.nl/userfiles/file/jeluginusiredewewolubim.pdf
    • http://dgjst.com/upfile/file/semepezilozukere.pdf
    • http://gramercygrand.ru/files/file/gelesovikivuroboniwesebe.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=ender+chest+crafting+recipe
    • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e6d6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6D6 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fee8.bin
65d42f7d1479cd4b0be9fd5af8f186c7e3e0d35b2402df690f2231bdc3b12e23
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEE8 17772 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012dab.bin
de07a1aaac77c1b81f5e6f838a30b670f8ae430ae34424410673c5ff785672d5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DAB 10716 bytes