Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e2f22c9751ebb3be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-07-07 13:43:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e10c4e754503c45e1b1ddb35b59270cf SHA-1: cf793be8ccfa1023ebf0741358551daa99cbbaf4 SHA-256: e2f22c9751ebb3be87767dd037d4857c669cf4d40d78360fa59db2a95bd5cb16
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farms points towards an attempt to leverage compromised infrastructure for malicious redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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 https://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tessellation+2d+shapes
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d86fbf210---40634027005.pdf
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a11d0716dc4---xobuvatu.pdf
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/921c99417d01ec6f27ffe3a3ddbcb5ce/detomeze.pdf
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/44848199795.pdf
    • https://aashianarealty.com/file/70047850928.pdf
    • http://jnnycc.org/userfiles/file/jesudewipulazixetenifasez.pdf
    • https://jajugroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zenekem.pdf
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f02f5de88be931c63ad2165d73a4859/bulunelapevosovifajek.pdf
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c348df0e3db---rigunosapewijejamedawe.pdf
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5df2acc816---xededebawe.pdf
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/gimajekonezosu.pdf
    • http://saxonsaxtonfamilyreunion.com/clients/f/f6/f6d0431f970e0833b0867c311dafb132/File/fozolesowalisonaverakuz.pdf
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nqaggqgde705gjbteh44ak9tv3/19758914704.pdf
    • http://mstreatmentadvances.com/userfiles/files/pemipezajajoxulukusikuri.pdf
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160908f944fbac---zukalef.pdf
    • http://mxagproducts.com/upload/browse/file/20767789181.pdf
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081629a4ba09---21255011373.pdf
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099b847cf383---mudimugedajalewip.pdf
    • http://thegioidahoacuong.com/uploads/image/files/xobafigegu.pdf
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c08612c80d4---samunor.pdf
    • https://www.plsok.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bbd4a6dd4942c4e2fef1bfcbc1c0cd9/lamojol.pdf
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eaf9ce6e25---nidifarasu.pdf
    • https://thietbivesinhanhhuy.com/asset/files/62790768907.pdf
    • 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_off0000f27a.bin
a2d9af7ab80fa6c9eadf7506416768276caa0603015a677e7f1bbebf6f9ecd31
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF27A 10472 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010a37.bin
11c99f1e50fa72c8b4c5695d23af7a47383a4163392edf0212fffd96950a92d1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A37 17876 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013882.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13882 16792 bytes