Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e5d42e6ba93a2b13…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.3 KB Created: 2021-07-16 15:09:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 14e49d7e3712b4faa4c2beb1043c3541 SHA-1: a9e2e5d2b3ada7d33800876be026974152ca2871 SHA-256: e5d42e6ba93a2b1374830b65ca7ec665adab9d66ada7609ef60cdc5e2fe383a0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to lure users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URIs are indicative of a phishing lure, potentially delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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 http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4191b7824e---37621066295.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.publicitymailing.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a708bf9636a---22221478424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc3eb348cd---jixejuvujevebexun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apollopowersystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3457cd689a0c260587e2fe97d41d458/jizajoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discovercefalu.com/_data/images/file/zowavevevawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doreenindiatours.com/userfiles/file/xovexojeregop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607496b24cd7b---liboge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d684a48ab69---58609362042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-29/20210629232424357029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6uhddvs7nftiagtscefb2rq8v5/wogozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://performanceltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7321f7beec0475df62d69a01131d0574/panewoxovozoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loveforlungs.com/clients/a/a9/a9a80f3a93b7553e0860ec1960497db0/File/patovanuvemamiwex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casier-a-bouteilles.com/file/nugolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160980d4d84c33---lenoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079bc4717ac2---78929331755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c93126537e---78978561377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thermcom.cz/userfiles/file/dagojoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b196624bc3---66438195209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c74d3e29e20---83748558881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-29/20210629030138579842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mkfisnaiqtpaspbsqgof5i8in4/70220971085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vienhung.com/webroot/img/files/89330336196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160700a3d42f8c---6290924027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio-september.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/992c1c7dfc104482de8b40219978a130/lamalijelumopotovod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--vb0b83rba554gca.kr/page_data/file/20210525081606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=i+bought+a+home+in+2020+taxesPDF 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_off00010d79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D79 17296 bytes
SHA-256: 1db1089a7bd726abf361aaf2f72945efddbd26a2a585546b57903248f1ea8b52
font_01_sfnt_off00013a94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A94 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000152ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x152AB 10944 bytes
SHA-256: e37053890c0e2550ec716f0af3448e57b69f6ead0f3e48d9ab747ece0b80aa6d