Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e3cce5b8f0beb251…

MALICIOUS

PDF

127.8 KB Created: 2021-07-01 15:44:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 0cefe4a736717af0b9ed4b9e6a48ebca SHA-1: 688cd12d936f7cb8cc1c63cc5ef01af1d9c73fa1 SHA-256: e3cce5b8f0beb2512478b68c4dc3f35717d5a0b194eb4480757bdac5e4785c6d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious PDF lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9891

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 https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/odms4jlq4br7c4nvuf9dutfe1a/49333722902.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7bbdbed691---62744407824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acd152a246e---2820088699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lion-trading.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43k757dn5tmmmg2du0scrig73i/29669670477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nsdadventist.org/FCKData/file/31335136710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eb7d73bdca---lipunimarebaporadalusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9de26ed0510b8669a231a25967b609b9/ritaxobiraxotuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dolcezzecaffe.it/file/60723006436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lijuih273h4c551ukpu4c3rlub/87898275010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k42m8dk13kebb7plsakg50apue/69281583856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apinero.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a9738a5ede---20758715596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/of3v41ouar2l81rb59g30atn8g/zadexediwup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ancoraeducacion.com/images/87884668087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krimgranit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2a7f7565218f54d29f91355aec35504/lakubix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22012d9fec2fa87862852b8b65283c42/jexipusufobufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiovizia.com/webroot/img/content/files/pozijesaxukazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607de4362a647---petegogivomuserabup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b073a14aba2---99362042289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76a86ab494fac388cde13cdd9e2b4118/47786522277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p3hk2uc4khc2knu7jqio06bq54/tivik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jobtiara.com/files/files/nizidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed450e4e214bdd5769827f38e878a678/75244881707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607416584f97f---47722756888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da8c9d61f00---70244129043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aurorabersinar2.com/contents//files/jupefunumiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmimar.com/royal/userfiles/file/rejus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce02354294b3013bcb0241908d5ef336/nukimorob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a952d05d043---53399677774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=stomata+parts+and+functionsPDF 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_off0001924a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1924A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001aa61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1AA61 10780 bytes
SHA-256: ff2bbe5c71e3f00ba2d5df0c3be152357cf371bb9ffe502ae30c1b7c61204863
font_02_sfnt_off0001c326.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C326 17800 bytes
SHA-256: 3a67f15d95cad94b6790a748bd0e68bf61b7f0310c436ae48898d55baf1150c4