Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e5fdcb22935e0fa6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-06-28 00:07:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 70f7eddf71f4b1a1aa26339f305d6459 SHA-1: 6379c4f2765f3f8bd4f4d99454f06dd0aa998607 SHA-256: e5fdcb22935e0fa66912fe9dba216d88deaaa740b06ee28d81515b890e785bd4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics indicate the PDF functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting domains. The presence of numerous unknown URLs suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4a18c9890c74154624f146dc2bc79f0/wizuzud.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://rymwid-training.com/userfiles/file/50708361673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e8847b073817b927b8807955e04b89f/33747667677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/949a12e90a459c0f3022d339d8090ccf/sowitagezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowadalbyt.com/userfiles/files/40934191294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b1343a9052---dulanabamebejazozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c016bbaf199769c4df5cad4a69a627f3/44389593608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kompaspt1.com/contents//files/gidadotenefexed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160914cd20df43---jasonalewomunaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5bc442d1ce10b5b7b52d9c07a07bd13/15847242337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adams-gold.ru/archive/image/file/14546392337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budoprojekt.eu/obrazy/file/39178396693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukicda.com/admin/fckeditor_upfiles/file/2021060112422380554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7a0feb1da5---51865025208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1798d25ce4---vovanodojigasol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/sajunelejekigukalifupig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ce29b3789---69186086924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.franklinwebdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609de8d4aad78---90309252776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softwarefactory.nl/images/file/2688877675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beateromer.com/bilder/file/92750069042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7de95ec38f---kobefudowegoxajojozetegur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rekalibracija.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8311bf7bdbee8dcc1270e330eda9a0b4/nigigavixumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aa0c17de56---zivedajoxevapubilik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b25917a0cb0---siposiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=where+is+the+setting+of+the+outsidersPDF 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_off0000eaa0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAA0 10516 bytes
SHA-256: 54829c2c31c4f1908caa50c186748d3d4f24024d3d5808a28b2cda19b81bd27b
font_01_sfnt_off0001025c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1025C 16468 bytes
SHA-256: 3f0a4bb3116b7b578da63b642fbcc79eb1bb111f729a36028ce669ea7f662a70
font_02_sfnt_off00012cd0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CD0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1