Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e2eab5620df970e9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 10:14:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: aabbfa8a55382118b25da27616254218 SHA-1: f4c9708aa37f95626c8021dd1a2c26328f765513 SHA-256: e2eab5620df970e94119fe7e1480a93e83cd85e78163ea2cac7b520b0a51b984
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, likely to redirect users to malicious payloads or phishing pages. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests it's designed to lure users into clicking through to external, untrusted resources.

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 http://orbitsecurity.qa/pro_mvp_tech/uploads/file/wileba.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b66ac6a2197---gonejugogepanumarup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventadeterrenosurbanos.com/userfiles/file/23292246101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truegridpaver.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8500c64a33247b432f3ae8860a26122/72797129245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://libertyquad72.fr/userfiles/file/medubinamedowimikix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrzservices.com/uploadfiles/file/89622222568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40e3d0955a43b4e8139c944e071dd459/foturagoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/810cf0959698c1e0453cb5d89d1290a1/purerekuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073dca02baf3---45553214080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096ea5e5c713---wujaladixiwojilusiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fdb0239124---55632949714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongkoo.com/uploads/editor/files/nevududikexazonafogik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hepiran.com/cache/fck_files/file/gedefaxuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b37c4e127b3---28627093229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahreco.com/uploads/news_file/67653109126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca1262cb248---kunapofozepebosatural.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/lolidijozifipivirorodij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ex2010.com/uploadfile/file/2021080909500473499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cubic.is/userfiles/file/99321698997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kielcenoca.pl/files/file/ritunujuridopapamadopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8frlhp8k550jl8g94m50d9b8ed/duwaxotamilisemez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v45p4rsqe1b5899qbm3tjlrk82/89405077053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/jifaxakodakisumumaruxonox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=ruidos+respiratorios+agregados+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_off0000d9ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9CE 19156 bytes
SHA-256: 3ecdbd1b4a0371a6b5fba1056154ebd6c9992c6c87f3ec027f0972ecc69259fb
font_01_sfnt_off00010a6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A6C 10668 bytes
SHA-256: 6ee5a7d14a89f4e6e2fbce50ec0ccb4b213f171a2b0c3972348b801fdbd2164b
font_02_sfnt_off000122d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122D6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1