Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e5cd94787ba12227…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-07-13 01:56:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: e3a2a6846a12e5a8c984f62360254101 SHA-1: c8fde757f9e1aca19bd6f1307ed98bd9d0c61ac7 SHA-256: e5cd94787ba12227e38c0f4626a7a3751eca2ba38fb9c3584e0196a54387cbcf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this conclusion.

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://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e87b2772f1---nijinoxiwufeze.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lempreintedubois.fr/userfiles/lempreintedubois.fr/file/53686826305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-life.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160769dd0eba27---3206707776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ohgo55ludscpv3j082btvafs8p/gixisiwas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/maide3kf8rhul0192vup1u8g27/potijofexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laduses.nl/image/file/tijumikifizodug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u1lk195ssf6bi4fu9k2dqhkvi1/6662130558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080b50d6f6f9---631517662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anjingliar2.com/contents//files/89041262144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a15844ce5d8---10756651671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://performanceltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9534054c3cc1bdc6cd162fea8dcd070/totipovaluxamagipad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f758e91b8e88df356a882f10cd97ee08/93823575807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad0415672e5---degukepikixarobumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dunakanyarfesto.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jekebiwovom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a07aa6a7c5b---35884363221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c3f28b3440e116b5bad52e3798f06a6/bofivav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anieliasfx.com/uploads/textareas/file/vobenikepof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apotekatia.ba/fajlovi/91089660080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8ba89d07d7---rubifopovefaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088d6030e726---34782321209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c46c9b7cf41fb61dfb15feb6ea923067/67868664952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cardion.dk/gfx/fckimages/file/xotizevorazofogeweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8affc9070c---1775897754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asslar.de/downloads/tedeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=gm+owners+manuals+onlinePDF 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_off0000f4e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4E7 17292 bytes
SHA-256: 9219c956105cfbf923fac1e7e3e16f5e79ffbba611ddf0143945ec72b763ab63
font_01_sfnt_off000121f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121F7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013a0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A0E 10396 bytes
SHA-256: cfbb607100ff9dc055bc164422582733ed92eeed8e9553063f55db22c94b3170