Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e3f0acf9bb1c8090…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-07-03 07:56:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 510ce9f81a84ae2b2552ba8f6532d70b SHA-1: e0c71dd40bcf331a200cd39fd12218df24eb096b SHA-256: e3f0acf9bb1c80903879be2792164534f1143fba30f302aa1c7408280a506017
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The PDF structure and embedded content indicate it's likely used as a lure, possibly for phishing or to download further payloads.

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 http://4x4autok.hu/userfiles/files/begekejurig.pdf
    • https://aspaeng.com/files/image/files/xilodog.pdf
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mnel8lrehm376jvv0k079nkcp4/81979892773.pdf
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091ab4d06178---75050048360.pdf
    • http://angelescare.com/userfiles/file/43783457590.pdf
    • http://polskienarty.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/xalugazewugenam.pdf
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a8b281f4f1---6133544556.pdf
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7sfjdc1739c4t9pmjngk517b75/makigeja.pdf
    • http://kfnmdg.com/upfolder/e/files/20210626074948.pdf
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607760407c332---58488106779.pdf
    • https://mmszke.hu/files/file/95859288373.pdf
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed083df54d1a0bc910839603c45d4479/72936954959.pdf
    • http://jullien38.com/ressource/site-image/files/fokuzosutivodesabezeb.pdf
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607422d391c4a---4832472293.pdf
    • http://lucann.com/Upload/file/9064669362.pdf
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a1997d2ad4---supebawovamik.pdf
    • http://baraanduliaptti.org/userfiles/file/zabavukuxewidabukejomek.pdf
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4daa93641c---12417772890.pdf
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f004180b3---genulumenumenepob.pdf
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5243241330440100a2f3b1c5191f3e6/61330793795.pdf
    • http://www.puhito.hu/uploads/vixezusigiderabefo.pdf
    • http://bjbtrh.com/files/pic/file/85608206042.pdf
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55954f1d8815307207e271c080c8bf7f/94169222125.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=look+like+yourself+somebody+else
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43a6d2b0a60f37f3500c762874cadc59/wumavabipige.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_off0000e6a1.bin
56bd11275a889685676e6e06580749c56571c8429343c71309acc1b7ccbf3f97
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6A1 10556 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000feb9.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEB9 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000116cb.bin
19f8e226de2066fc33d2673e1eb5bfe69a9dd96aa3d63590f4121d6af69f2e73
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116CB 24136 bytes