Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e328193c60d223b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.2 KB Created: 2021-06-25 23:35:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 30310c90c090022fcd43464087068312 SHA-1: 4a1a646cda33ec955bf3450d98a2fab3f38bcf2a SHA-256: e328193c60d223b76a90813038971cefe62cf787f802d8b98e4c635078c68f84
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The file's structure as a link farm on disposable hosting further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9927

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077c8ef219c1---tunazararuvebimujorixivi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3524fe3406---68417684941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betalinktech.com/blmedia/file/84650551677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3e0ca0c315d737ac06b616612e2e42d/84705567412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://textolinguisticsolutions.com/upload/editor/file/fowikebaropabojon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hiankjee3no8gm9o546u1r4c76/52307787628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airflow-skateboards.com/upload/file/97563357292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082623c81626---vuvopisazemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://howsonfamilyreunion.com/clients/5/57/57b8fe7d350e782a16e6afc8bdcd6467/File/goxufapevowod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-insurance-broker.de/downloads/60279200907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/15036147971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kttnmemnu26vvk7mq4foeks91m/zofoxitapexunozevaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/077kid2a58jlrvi439ohp9v6m3/filatezisowumul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashmeredreams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f806a6f0bd17771563aad13460ef9edd/gatanexugubojam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advantagelic.com/singhania/downloads/file/36957355852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078e4dc241a5---mebarumisuburijoxativit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5c9fa13e493321532e8d089b50bc57e/30224263789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huiking.cn/uploads/file/300617071447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzqzg.com/d/files/86897548039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delvalle68.com/clients/54584/File/jivitud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e666f3cc78---wusiwak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://syarmarka.ru/userfiles/files/29345161893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/raa8f06epl7ep60irjp09f6dd0/94382520475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=must+vs+have+toPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e6d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6D3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000feea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEEA 10020 bytes
SHA-256: c4dc28429cb6ad5934caf6489968746a1c9614c339248c64cf4131b36f131f61
font_02_sfnt_off00011565.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11565 16352 bytes
SHA-256: 470e290952ef951ede6d6c7d5ca63c035db2632a033eb4bcd74a8159b858b555
font_03_sfnt_off00012b6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B6B 22028 bytes
SHA-256: 637297b227e0797bf20e6c9de87a59a18f3c259571de4656ca8476fd83410291