Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e5acca886ed44816…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-06-27 08:37:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 064acfc213271b29516b52baa01a04b6 SHA-1: 52e3ad5c319e760d2408c08fbdc817aaa09b4ebe SHA-256: e5acca886ed44816561c9e123949371058cd83f5290c99ad5473721884dab726
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF sample was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high ML score and ClamAV detection. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic indicates a deliberate attempt to obscure the true destination by using a large number of distinct hosts and UTM parameters. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the link farm suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

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 https://nothingbutsafetyglasses.com/userfiles/file/gipuvoxotajunofiz.pdf
    • https://zegabilisim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/90486000707.pdf
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1609ce8d8b7eee---57878794003.pdf
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cf59ffca3e69191381c45ac6c2c7d69/4253001521.pdf
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160878747eb343---nimizemusebokezonaxarufu.pdf
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb6612add0f384019bfde03c387dfa78/82454752954.pdf
    • http://influences-vegetales.eu/assets/Image//files/butazowasedilegezap.pdf
    • https://elnativocoffee.com/silver/upload/files/nufepidamerelejesewof.pdf
    • http://allamericannursing.com/userfiles/file/57215782193.pdf
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/129f7f841a57ced77243b8cff07ada9c/56202973051.pdf
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acef8644225---fuzurubidugoxuxupe.pdf
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607482a571b95---nagurogopajifivubewix.pdf
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/049869e5aa5bb4f9ab251b7a90676ff8/42217630542.pdf
    • http://tachikawa-derma.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nebug.pdf
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160826559c748b---92735928686.pdf
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7m6fbdt7tauou0cbo4gfrjvje0/13551206028.pdf
    • https://licorne-hotel-restaurant.com/userfiles/file/3554772586.pdf
    • http://amuseonline.com/absite/userfiles/file/28091173911.pdf
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab65218c803---tavoxutilojitot.pdf
    • http://www.firstpages.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/81499610276.pdf
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c2f331d42362de13a950e7123b6d19f/govajutadokixepez.pdf
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c964021ca1---zazixuba.pdf
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f9e63d131---81352596117.pdf
    • http://barudan.hk/UploadFile/file/20210623044353967.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=1964+filibuster+civil+rights+act
    • 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_off0000f597.bin
cc2d60548bf523c687f0acdd64cd4734576ff4fd5e4f8ac14ccb96f74ab30693
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF597 17056 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012247.bin
f946b951d858479f72e2c6fd25d5f8f0d2210ed91ccca39950ac9c245755ae5c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12247 11068 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013c3b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C3B 16792 bytes