Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e597af6df420bd67…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-06-27 15:47:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4f10389f56511312bd7e812dc5aec810 SHA-1: 446661ac47fa83a1e187ade0d255680d846d93d7 SHA-256: e597af6df420bd67d47a45f940859f64c347ee85fb9b4028ac19513ae6b56908
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to numerous external PDF files hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded URLs and the nature of the link farm suggest an attempt to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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 https://wrd13.com/force/file/giwafelobezogafowuwafosa.pdf
    • http://naturabliskociebie.pl/userfiles/file/lelaxewewanigut.pdf
    • http://fzcce.com/aimgs/uload/files/53243719275.pdf
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073015439300---metof.pdf
    • http://mazurubezpieczenia.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/pomefoloji.pdf
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/feluzifelexaf.pdf
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac3e780d4f1---97976369475.pdf
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9fcea893b---wabepesajufigonik.pdf
    • https://www.wflorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/140f6f97c41babef6185b54be8647d6f/poriwegarabewudug.pdf
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160855320de237---68232544506.pdf
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160824479eccdb---mirinedoxowusobemij.pdf
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07e8bddf60499c80fb75af744e82be67/18928000553.pdf
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8la319ke6d4qfucu2nvu4vbs4/muxatadu.pdf
    • http://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s5idh0cf90uvefceepvls5d65q/29945278812.pdf
    • https://www.sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609210e46a4aa---zapopotetadagafulani.pdf
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607507a5b9468---72544882795.pdf
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aba16ac3bdc---86655456927.pdf
    • http://www.mediagrand.hu//data/editorfile/durudawadadogakexifuli.pdf
    • http://aptchasers.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/83948546663.pdf
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160853b03c12ff---sedurulatazobavaj.pdf
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8be9daa6ae9483391d522577b01078a/nutusimoruxamironigezi.pdf
    • http://libertyquad72.fr/userfiles/file/45765451238.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=meaning+of+pothetic
    • 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_off0000e59c.bin
5ba10f264ca5b43f6217f47640e797e637ec529c09f0d9e543fc40cf452ecb64
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE59C 17172 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011219.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11219 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012a30.bin
fbe3156f0231194f0a4ea94498970d941b3db54e80af4bd6fce2f5ec22ab5f59
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A30 10440 bytes