Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e327e17ff8d43edf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 04:57:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 6719aa2f412771bf3ba07908cbb83529 SHA-1: d22385eaaddd02cee56c54802bdf41554a0d9005 SHA-256: e327e17ff8d43edf1dec97a871c27762d267e61b4dd9ef348fa9ff8bdd80efc6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a large number of embedded links, many of which point to unknown or potentially compromised domains, as indicated by the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery through these links. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, but the link farm structure is a common tactic for distributing malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

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://security-m.jp/tool/images/file/luvenovabuxajemagil.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://daiichilogistics.com/uploads/news_file/41782867950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baatco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78851584786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160befb1344a44---suzixezirotelexetax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shipagents.nl/uploadfiles/file/tokozewomono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southwest62.com/clients/6/66/666176aa584decdbf8d0f1e9213c5ee1/File/1858847447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1b284025b2---nikezipupomidafiwov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ooqg7cj5veuhsnaje1slqi3qva/83624866015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chicagoalphas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d314e9d4d3---remuwumagawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zzquansu.cn/d/files/kiwovubakuletam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb73dc1ef7fc30971ece6d853e174a0f/65157992806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://didacostruzioni.it/userfiles/file/85988536084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a02dfe710e---zolibakiwuguve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b55d5bc528---jaxog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607afd4888374---9419951276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090e2afdae84---gunemaloteruvim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planbmedia.hu/files/tojavaluduvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phenix-security.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a4b2841b01---diwetimubojujimufaver.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://restavratorstvo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gotadigotupepakababuzudum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t2n1p84nvjafsb5voocr2l8vsl/99449468512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feltshoe.com/userfiles/file/41128729336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090584dde32b---69930842490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/17608532286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d01562b451---8788752372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608061938b497---wodorujef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd7753c8f50de83fb118b74401db81cc/72764066252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=roof+slope+for+metal+roofPDF 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_off0000e7d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7D0 10368 bytes
SHA-256: 48d73ffe09089d71b57991f9fec68a8ac53465cc879f899d912146da95f68499
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF56 17440 bytes
SHA-256: 5b60ef74d51243145535254cdbc1ab6fb5381c9f30ffdd03531318df351f705e
font_02_sfnt_off00012cbf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CBF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1