Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e3c26fef9631750d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 20:30:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a6e68aa93dfdc091a29e0870151e3b2a SHA-1: b730521e2b4b2bbd623c0d8f228aac11d5c83d82 SHA-256: e3c26fef9631750daa1aee93b63e597c91377c24a238453c5d2ba699dfcdee77
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing attacks. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be generated by wkhtmltopdf, providing no direct user-facing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

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://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbfd4993c8d6f35795f279be479a8618/67542333700.pdf
    • https://ozmutludokum.com/userfiles/file/gubizagarowivuliwipunizu.pdf
    • https://inmaabiladi.com/userfiles/files/95234794395.pdf
    • https://atlastoursntravels.com/userfiles/file/samimipadalifuxeniwabem.pdf
    • http://pokemom2.com/uploads/files/98434737696.pdf
    • http://lookkorea.net/userfiles/file/78784922920.pdf
    • http://degeninhotel.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gagogagevamifibimasavop.pdf
    • https://namdolove.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210531_286A2FB5285ABB6F.pdf
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee550365b52---relakukadorifebana.pdf
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff2335e085b3ca48a05d74ce1490afef/danawixe.pdf
    • http://www.apsetedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076dda02fccd---xoxojolezovukutobefupifev.pdf
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bab9c77c8c3682196f376bb5fcee4052/kunitubosawutul.pdf
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4f425536606b73bd0dd3848e8e60d58/bewaxevegudosinujejaf.pdf
    • https://tepihtrava.rs/files/tagugufidagatemikozos.pdf
    • https://www.antoniopopolizio.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rusefukuwu.pdf
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1afd2b8efa62c2da819a56cc832c6d33/39896509305.pdf
    • http://phenix-security.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607819883986e---37534831862.pdf
    • http://busankid.com/webfiles/board/file///70521741565.pdf
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac36aa8fa20---felesifov.pdf
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f4ab85ca29d---pufoko.pdf
    • http://dioceseofniranam.org/userfiles/file/59378168383.pdf
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e60dc9b2d4---lubefavuzobogoro.pdf
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mgld1jkqova710cc56m2jqp1dd/jibizimebisuwumonamul.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=craftsman+self+propelled+lawn+mower+owner%27s+manual
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ce2c.bin
dbda8baac2723395f6c1b14f310aa6f3a3a726e244a778cca4ef78dc0e0312d5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE2C 10820 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e73b.bin
184bbc4f296795f337e92d94f6ec08b5ec04f6b3c430faac4b39b587555d9d45
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE73B 18208 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000116c3.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116C3 16792 bytes