Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e3a0675956dd0d55…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-08-08 21:43:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: badb86453652f6fdd7306c08a8346df0 SHA-1: 2274fe358628b35ffe4f65040eb9ef2de4e85d0f SHA-256: e3a0675956dd0d5538b7f85612c524d4d16de3b11bf54adb13dba55be71ee026
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, specifically leveraging WordPress plugin vulnerabilities for file hosting. The primary URL suggests a lure related to 'fortnite cracked accounts combo list', indicating a phishing or credential harvesting attempt. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely involving the exploitation of PDF vulnerabilities to redirect users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9914

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 https://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fortnite+cracked+accounts+combo+list PDF link annotation
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e1853ad4cf---92362118800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cebc5e10b88---56199364515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/egf1maf0m0urm0f6hdb0np57nc/29251561959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser-arena.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085cfae4a277---41787845515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinacafe-dalat.com/Images_upload/files/jezineju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5339bf29f9d3bce4cddf4dfad199206e/95794974151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d95ce9bbd85711d0260b903bed631d16/vodawunizobolutususe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portaldo.eu/contenuti/upload/file/xufenojuzozexalakibaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a31934bafc7---rafafeposunomigutiduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenmodels.ru/uploads/files/rawexopereno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aitrans.org/UploadFile/file/F1202106160010193765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boek.se/bilder_umeny/File/tamerevotebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esipro.fr/userfiles/file/gufojepiriwoxemax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f913f93008c---76003572544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f7f2f4d769---fofap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pnlcoach.com/misc2/file/In PDF document text
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef563efb66e9acf68aebfcb05e3c93c7/45001693932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gintaras.cz/userfiles/file/losijubuxupegopimiwilur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077481b8f3c7---88112175275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r1pvg82cdk1hb7kdbof8dvn78m/90689874341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dailyhondaotomientay.com/upload/files/mekomixunometa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ringid.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xetevetelifijodevak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://instant-image.net/UserFiles/Site/File/25583103146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twfbs.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49003248899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aven.su/userfiles/file/nemizevinegijigijemavotoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mffhvfrn0eeudtuqb7r7fbauv5/41002735263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000cc67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC67 17024 bytes
SHA-256: c66b97cca956b852c2171b35cb920ef646c44e6e54f427162b9757180f15a296
font_01_sfnt_off0000e3ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3ED 10840 bytes
SHA-256: 14d265fe63380b160cdbeb6292ea5c72316a08646f9f1bdf2dc66633ff390458
font_02_sfnt_off0000fce5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCE5 18008 bytes
SHA-256: 9caea39049e197d9a2de62d4f7caa1c6a4feb0708615d3bf6904643a485ed49e
font_03_sfnt_off00012c7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C7A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1