Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e4b6603a7aaefc03…

MALICIOUS

PDF

128.7 KB Created: 2021-06-27 21:08:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 4cbc6b0b4f6aa868dd4b5d97fb0cc8fe SHA-1: 6c9bce0084721db3e5cd7b79c871f438f5c622da SHA-256: e4b6603a7aaefc03d8cf641350716f2073a5d97283f5de36d8ffe3699112e726
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to various domains, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable binary data.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.5491

Heuristics 5

  • 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 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
  • 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://sbstroy53.ru/img/files/jisanemujatexo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://andrewsexes.org/clients/867461/File/dipotudazikadeziwepubomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kath-kiga-bw.de/bilder/berichte/file/22652199657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accomplishtheimpossible.com/userfiles_ati/file/17214826543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimara-bg.com/userfiles/file/kexoxugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2933a0f3c6df27730e5a17070c844fe2/xotuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dfh-consulting.com/userfiles/file/kedunosopeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bensonlandscape.com/editorData/file/jemizagalodam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quatanggiabao.com/images/uploads/files/vozuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c06d73f620e4dfa5caa950c6e85a0549/gedusatij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m9oerk0692tlrfoan8mngreesp/sawowulefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b03997c0d33---52008165441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://distributoram.com/files/file/jasuxigurarofebile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6a998d0301---zikikarititopuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volamtuyetthe.com/userfiles/file/runux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caravanandre.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/176ad16b8f8779331b2abedc3f8c2116/ledafiluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081eac1b5990---fimupedimezozifesebuzivib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kkc6r8sdvhuffcp6h4pm88npuk/sitabokemejevibokapox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wavesmaroochydore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/leo3encbkdfaok999v8v6ns1f0/lasununajebutivobedale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093fcde72785---sigonewovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c965f9bbdf---32820088532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f0b55af068---73102939139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://papiratisk.cz/soubory/latibipirifukari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=how+tall+is+vegeta+from+dragon+ball+zPDF link annotation
    • 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_off00015ca6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15CA6 11040 bytes
SHA-256: 0968315d74baa86688246b919652579202bc89d6940cfcc9eecc7330a9fc6b0f
font_01_sfnt_off00017628.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17628 19424 bytes
SHA-256: a40a2539da612dc58b4de6abf3e9987119f39cf2745326e195498eaaa7b80ffe
font_02_sfnt_off0001a903.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A903 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1