Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e3e0885718a30b05…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-08-07 23:12:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 5531fa05b6023a44c07b09a54435fb9f SHA-1: 125bb4b158786da32655ed6f934098e55b50d0df SHA-256: e3e0885718a30b05742190d7b481f8f5cfe9f1ff90447a7d56372143c727ba42
222 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file exhibits malicious characteristics, including links to known malicious redirectors and compromised CMS upload storage. The presence of a 'download' button lure further suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. While no scripts were directly extracted, the overall structure and linked infrastructure point towards a campaign designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 7

  • 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 links to known malicious redirector infrastructure critical PDF_MALICIOUS_REDIRECTOR_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable URI to redirector infrastructure used by a known malicious PDF SEO/adware delivery campaign. These documents typically rely on user interaction and redirect chains rather than a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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=chrysler+grand+voyager+workshop+manual+pdf In PDF document text
    • http://doktor-okonski.pl/uploadimg/file/tidalowexof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ra4qu4dq2vfopfjpisleqrhrd6/wogobegarilolonom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brownmahonefamilyreunion2015.com/clients/7/71/71b8b7811cafefaf2288418346dc0658/File/zebesel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dfwsedan.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/xadewenoduzoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stmpallet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rifimoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netcentricnj.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sefiruxitalanipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesterek.net/tmp/jopiwilotataterinenarona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vemnb4699pj8dnnuvure8l7l35/32747099151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8740ac66c537b7b13899ba80316bfa9f/10897874353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travisreunion.com/clients/1/1d/1d9c560ef9ee6310b862f4c9d288d7bd/File/43591704617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aded225555aa2dd8aa312dd35abc55dc/79675466816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praconsulgroup.ru/pict/file/78332998639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a25l6v9r9t3utv8327d522obvl/64204260374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archielectronics.com/userfiles/files/tugonaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ergunaygoren.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070e273a56f9---10447744357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alohatoypoodles.com/clients/1/11/1122824db0f83c9e74cf39311881f217/File/42259287445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/88390294275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b860f447da22ff92ef2a04e366710385/96105610750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0917f484f1---godem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdc8c91a675---27061430329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svarovanijelinek.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34899555261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pamatudarbai.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mobusijiwa.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dae6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAE6 11244 bytes
SHA-256: 26e6b9da9dc86453c4a62446fd26dda657146d945a8f5d3e51e0d50703c81a80
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4FA 18336 bytes
SHA-256: d5f5593ac447c1ab271bfd410562ab2587a964205cd1ce7729da5217a995a102
font_02_sfnt_off000124ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124EF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1