Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e35838d113fda6d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 11:15:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: ea47ed815673adc5c85f91f664bda849 SHA-1: daebd1bd02a2a64dd21ea3ab10dcab79aa2581f0 SHA-256: e35838d113fda6d5a690f0beb1e5348926b0e7fbdabfe74b50683a874bb20b40
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure as a link farm suggests it's designed to redirect users to malicious content hosted on these compromised domains.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/213b0fada19f2e102763f653b1954427/30954193939.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88kig48506dukgi5jhkdtqjm22/7963808987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pnlestari.com/visitbali/image/files/8891948451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genegurumiraclehealer.com/userfiles/file/19635667197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5681af68013fe9d5687c001f55b2dcbc/zubiwejurapolisiwujifis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609727546ef3f---xuvemixabikodibubub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stagelight.pl/userfiles/files/bavudufizupoberetirew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traffictkt.com/viking1/uploads/files/99664675950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://citronixdeflection.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/2410857563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2d562c8b5e---16675084461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2r-auto.com/uploadfiles/file/2021052423451773499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/62186522253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesterek.net/tmp/pibabufoferofutif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611cfb1714979---panolodekapomigavefedupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smsalumni1971.com/apadmin/uploads/userfiles/files/vaponuguburo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bosch-service-center.ru/uploads/files/kidebobilezinar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deepex.hu/hirek/files/votuzuboxowebonikepoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--m1age8bh.xn--p1ai/files/file/15939449558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akamercedes.com/images/uploads/files/82216008255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.osteopathe-montpellier-sud.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guwekakama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kameleonhastanc.hu/files/file/45488581226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sehersirin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2b1d3bfb3---kajabemeduzinizova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amatnieks.com/pictures/image/95281276745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timelessmebel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47a1122433d9180d06d16441f12eeb02/41695645928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=is+eating+rice+bad+for+youPDF 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_off0000d69d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD69D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eeaf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEAF 17692 bytes
SHA-256: 5bcf7a274dcb610e008230e1523ae95599c2728f8fcdf5804e8a31492dbad407
font_02_sfnt_off00011cac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CAC 10912 bytes
SHA-256: 6551d8dcf55118b5bb2220f4107e8c6cde78d1063f28664cb87b88eb5cf23329