Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e567f1b0326319a2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-06-24 19:30:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 5108b76ad7eb6edb05085b54753a4c23 SHA-1: f56a61f37e54b1f91dff44f43a0694486c9c2c98 SHA-256: e567f1b0326319a2ae6f8c6f7d02231037ec3e998a96decfa51ba31b82e0ca54
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or phishing content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan distribution. The presence of a 'download' button heuristic further supports the lure of downloading a malicious payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=last+island+of+survival+mod+apk+3.1 PDF link annotation
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rgcs74e5r3disagq4dsc191s91/bejeguka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b6737d6b0f---4278029199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hostingalani.com/calisma2/files/uploads/xipadapolaropekava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldprint.su/userfiles/file/18033399335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090f4e4dd068---21225799699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ols.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca20b216003737ed3b6eefebc2953730/64627576104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pizzeriadevita.it/userfiles/files/73406938898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.albispanaderia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d134941712ddb672264fb0298f34ff7c/xisetiganuferuram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b85ec3786ea---nekeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af9029dbded---68949089239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c24a7042061---xokagutolozapodese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snotlicker.com/clients/10243/File/27078372166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca69de1a37---daligodikugaxipalaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ded0959aeda4954e695da900f160acf4/radituxerova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topclassgreenery.nl/images/file/91095062882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160862eef81a8f---39702771735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eacc74d6d07966046c07e0d8ea8739e9/gokexaxamaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a91e70da509---54441139960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abc-tel.ru/data/File/linulukepadonewanidun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e704.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE704 5500 bytes
SHA-256: f137eab1690102c444189f12f18e5d9b673630aa44b40b6d9e75ed9078887434
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9B2 2396 bytes
SHA-256: cea1f9d13828a6bc48c2302dbd7168d656c75c5fd998428de7e48c0ae026e598
font_02_sfnt_off000104a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104A7 12944 bytes
SHA-256: 87a33adad86101c4795c7f3b2d5c1a43d39426184197f66ed83b9bba0a77ceb8
font_03_sfnt_off00012f90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F90 16064 bytes
SHA-256: de5d3c6539c5c92af1cef6f06f1258a809621f0939fe1a4e58f82c90bac6d25c