Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e3e02c63da7be8d1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-06-26 03:19:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 16478b1dd052606975b6b7763ca043b9 SHA-1: c440f46e03ab1886581e08371516721404ed2d68 SHA-256: e3e02c63da7be8d112680f4e3de8fa611944181414d2802080de88fb26f7bf81
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL analysis are sufficient for a high-confidence assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=colour+theory+pdf+for+designers
    • http://teranor.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59173747886.pdf
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80e0df3ee07cc09bd77e55de157d7ace/vepefopemejirutib.pdf
    • http://www.agenbenangbandung.net/file/95121489984.pdf
    • http://stroisvias.ru/userfiles/file/mabojar.pdf
    • https://onlinendttraining.net/files/jazufugufuzutaxanugevit.pdf
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e47ea41cf8---banubosejewo.pdf
    • http://mamtomchabahai.com/uploads/files/files/9968066344.pdf
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41cf134445616ff84b5ecf20254fe5da/89269011826.pdf
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb1e97ecfa8---39383839830.pdf
    • https://legacyltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c65de9e0f70a22a7c2360609fe71ab34/wobafifukirovozigawe.pdf
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9987575dde9b1819edffd3d53decc523/binabaz.pdf
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68ccf61a0341246594b2f720d5884184/43061976595.pdf
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae899768c5d---jukivokezuxekejasakizir.pdf
    • http://naturallabs.de/userfiles/file/94331829814.pdf
    • https://urbanplace.me/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/708ca9d0b6f444b923c35edf2afff6b6/valutawupeparawopofet.pdf
    • http://samilove-payitforward.com/clients/f/f9/f9b0b202ed5d2cb263a89f8a9bd08a94/File/guwizapisikori.pdf
    • http://www.alquilerbares.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078adea2dd09---3221454375.pdf
    • http://www.asap-recruitment.net/upload/file/14364446030.pdf
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/094c2db5a6fab6b756a54423da6a354d/muketexebelirubema.pdf
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609670699a7ab---fukelisuz.pdf
    • http://septumdent.com/img/userfiles/files/21139751.pdf
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079c46b83087---gusokofibe.pdf
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bebce4cd854---jaxasatafegaxilari.pdf
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef3f14dd1f0d96a787a79fc43ac07283/bekanib.pdf
    • 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_off0000edc9.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDC9 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000105e0.bin
7900488f1e4f8557f0ecd9c586abbfc6541f80d5a1ac39e40d0a2ac988df971a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105E0 10860 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011ebf.bin
35655371272396d624c02c238a17d39067678195a698e1374d25b88327c925bb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EBF 16820 bytes