Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e384edaa36ac5a1a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-07-17 05:57:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 3cb1c2ff2b216b92085eb855fed37c63 SHA-1: 0c3b958a872fdd9d7e95f45826f96b552c572509 SHA-256: e384edaa36ac5a1a7e29390d67bad63011eacff53db5c56f0a130c3bb88aa703
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and ML classifier. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites and disposable hosting domains. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of PDF link farms often involves embedded JavaScript to facilitate redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://camel-republic.com/media/userfiles/files/bogarisabedidanizazirip.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gmicropilotes.com/uploads/files/24635150996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0eb83a867---17085738550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/713c0cd5be962367ddbc50c841f63b08/jaluzitekebeburu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3db986d474---55797800093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160814973a9b11---68316531918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac778d2e30f---tanonoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fab7635ba9---natuvojugesiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grabnerestriche.at/ranofixixasenofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4c66d6924b---62104817361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pantryscan.com/123cars/imagefck/file/30692814451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160d91f229434d---tujovisutiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/guzebadudumanuwevudofuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bularz-auto.pl/images/userfiles/file/4441867202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emeat.ru/var/files/54838323607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb183f4e01bc4103ee967538536c73b5/farupomiwil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.movingwithmagna.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58e9967fb49f659f69e468b80100a9a2/fidatuvazomuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d8563e29db9de53c2f281aa51e7cf93/pasulitox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ggnbapstfdnuo91ha0tsboj4kn/55207409952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f43e2b98c0---72374418155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edwardfmcgintypa.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/96251630577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strategie-online.net/catalogue_dynamique/file/3231055095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8e6e466cdd8569f3865bf208668d5aa/gelariv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windmill-bv.com/userfiles/files/lebewemaberatonakitoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=it%27s+time+to+simpPDF 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_off0000ee0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE0C 9984 bytes
SHA-256: 0184c7ca76cd5f75cd8ca33e09e794424bb50120dace91b25936d513b1a7ced2
font_01_sfnt_off00010442.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10442 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011c54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C54 17084 bytes
SHA-256: 6c214ec1f698c31b13ce25e7c6440d45e758cecb38e307352f26e97804c1036b