Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e234f2cff7ecf3c7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

65.1 KB Created: 2021-06-18 07:56:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 5c41709c017c081bf1a7b23f136a0ab7 SHA-1: c75622d1c5594d0413a4760aa179963640f17052 SHA-256: e234f2cff7ecf3c703c6186ed7b5a72afdb9877f0285961de69838f9851ea25f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF document contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, disguised as a search result for 'Hunger games full book online'. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a phishing or malware payload. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c97fa85093---vetoton.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/stliqjvnbcqmligskpo3vqhtt3/71349729449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160890e147547c---wuraxotivilasilalexibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://childrencareandliteracysociety.org/userfiles/files/85802098213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baohohoanglong.com/userfiles/file/2611778093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/169db868d294cc9fe706135d90ad0cec/11723803806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4maruuc8p4mtkeljo1fggl77n1/13247190496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2475736cce---gaxik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dae00b136a---2890828893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amerismithenterprises.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae29adbe48a2d0a98af8aced592177e4/76301150646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b3a95619af---monukikopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160726eb1423f5---61049845688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7e8cfcbf7f3fc4e321d40ad7fe71be6/dovedaxerevazixuzep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://normel.org/files/upload/file/2420748908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sport-jicin.cz/dokumenty/88080827116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chesapeake-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a652ca6cea592103be6991f02522fd1/87103443382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=hunger+games+full+book+onlinePDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c387.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC387 5252 bytes
SHA-256: 1c7a62c8a47d2d0de7eb8c68b4b79ddd934f92c2d60e8b9a3f9331c94a1dc6fe
font_01_sfnt_off0000d552.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD552 10060 bytes
SHA-256: 1b71f6647d06c40d907785bc04d5e12cae95f03d51b700abef6c532c66ac2852