Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e3efa1de1aab2ea9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-16 06:24:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: f310bf347aa323727efab7ab94ac0c04 SHA-1: ab79e5d53bc1788cef857a3371122790e7d4b351 SHA-256: e3efa1de1aab2ea9e8a4ca6a885c03f9e51f4019e54df5fc0145963a05719129
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing lure that would typically lead to a second-stage download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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
  • 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 http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97a8f5cde23ed2d1d4fb9366f1a417e7/futon.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://imosa.asia/uploads/files/202109161054185317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodtraefarm.com/ckupload/files/rokiponagase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspaeng.com/files/image/files/27592334278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crabandclaw.com/uploads/files/midemekowubajesidadunapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monterroso-construpuntos.com/campannas/file/ropumoxefuzijulepuxejizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aan.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/modewivefap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613108be4d368---segexosokuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modernplating.com/userfiles/file/14955664998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khiconghoixuancong.com/Khicong/admin/userfiles/file/21011980899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edmcenter.xyz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5250342848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161428a94c7a4c---mafijividimuzepul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izr.fr/files/nubazijow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melabo.com/upload/files/56728509010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rimini-portal.de/bilderarchiv/file/jamorelusebuvaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halkum.rs/files/7775531934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elcwma.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/9615186600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42016302c90432f50836382508b6bc42/mekawixurovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pepinieres-soupe.com/userfiles/file/43980093527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrampetraipavlavosstanovlenie.ru/content/images/user/file/piraxuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://butagallery.com/userfiles/files/jarujolitojix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccskin.com/geektic/files/woludibanilujuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614155ecec32f---xurajijanadafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161403c7746da3---roverinemulozilepevuxanip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maftplayer.net/calisma2/files/uploads/32864850875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=bot3d+editor+for+androidPDF 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_off0000d629.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD629 10356 bytes
SHA-256: 086331e204ea8331dcb518192b6b074b314cfe1748100f9076bca5773501180c
font_01_sfnt_off0000edb5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDB5 19248 bytes
SHA-256: 06e7e8695ae6b1b8d2818ff465e89e8618c2783e35a7db9e606d16dace8e1028
font_02_sfnt_off0001202b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1202B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1