Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e3f5968cbdbd265d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.4 KB Created: 2021-08-18 16:48:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: e26be462622044d71ef526e0b93bc4dc SHA-1: a8bdfb15db02dd67460873c3bbe8ffb77d27e0e2 SHA-256: e3f5968cbdbd265d39e82dc07120136aaa3f3d24f6c816ca0779f758f70b22ec
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites, identified as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac2ad6ede10---juzijekexotugo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://builderall.info/userfiles/file/98045402019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podlahyadvere.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/wetalasisusisapurawuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vishwkarmaenterprises.com/webroot/img/userfiles/files/vanix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6romsejpb6eiaueiu7vis47rk0/70302661437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benthanhsgfarm.net/images/uploads/files/sujegagojemekozoloxapalan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e2b3061fff2---52224062455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c5245d3041---3189235421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matstravel.ru/userfiles/file/37553760065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barrierball.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jufidavak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51ohjujmrub9lbcndaqv6ka031/62564933149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/jesevibafufewofigel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f97982242c9decc595650e30f2344f9a/kasezizujedomijovevaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cargotavio.ru/files/file/xapejivajizufajepemun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avandcie-automation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56119565092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daqing-jewelry.com/uploads/files/202108141410009695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unityproductions.com/upload/files/60916317675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroisvias.ru/userfiles/file/sulubusenuvotena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074d15e86e68---rakefedomixoviwosasako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b0af224d9b---97250767826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3c5fcc4d4d---ronarumawizekutut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/50995903842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca415f29f4---84872859148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melinterior.ru/userfiles/files/35369717744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etonbio.com/newsLetters/images/file/27404998172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=kpss+%C3%B6nlisans+tarih+denemesi+pdfPDF 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_off0000cd4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD4F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e566.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE566 10848 bytes
SHA-256: 7f5fc7e01d0b09f15215997cb65cadaf7511f6709f2447a0d6df139b89cb4e87
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE25 18984 bytes
SHA-256: 92f59521f39cb80cc0787d3fb3ed387a7ac19a52ae4a8f25f587b9bd74c64a73