Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e65b3fc3add2e260…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.0 KB Created: 2021-07-03 02:49:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 958028169926bb8765542bf939cef150 SHA-1: bdbdbfcbe2181e656791e4ef705053efcb0132d3 SHA-256: e65b3fc3add2e26092147cfcaf229cafd6a5d9e24f5f7e90c6153ee29a1108a1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The file contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of numerous external URIs indicates a likely intent to redirect the user to malicious or compromised web content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

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.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086d59fd0b21---40290858918.pdf
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86ddc3a9577ef1981b771e979d5f8ba9/69511497024.pdf
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e73bbaefeeee4ba2aa55524f290fc01/gogagemidojul.pdf
    • https://aronabritcan.com/userfiles/file/47463796454.pdf
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c7be9d97a0---bemijowulezogoxiju.pdf
    • https://www.visitrwanda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a9869cfffcb9828986ffedcf5b88b3e/32505173624.pdf
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095f34f8844e---67456322912.pdf
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8hqml8s21t6i1m8tts1omogh43/63454764978.pdf
    • http://szolnokepul.hu/userfiles/file/benofasisozamoweripu.pdf
    • https://ecoretras.com/file/56435124549.pdf
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160911e7c27244---dejujesitujoj.pdf
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160756eb3c7456---27359331064.pdf
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b25fc881e48d5cc7558e881d387f6d2/30577592769.pdf
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c6264968c7---komoxesuzukopakonipab.pdf
    • http://hillcountryawningsandsunscreens.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075330583210---lowajevamewuxululemuva.pdf
    • http://pantryscan.com/123cars/imagefck/file/tezegupedes.pdf
    • http://whatdwellswithin.com/file/74658476715.pdf
    • https://msr-hudsonproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/565d306878b4702044f64552721f6f67/641876151.pdf
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c643514974e268a96dddc5f70d8cbb7/91019325415.pdf
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/srv5msabds26igkcfov78siorr/8265775357.pdf
    • http://csc-028.com/userfiles/file/20210617171604_0xi4br.pdf
    • http://alexanderjamesbackcatalogue.com/userfiles/file/kujavonebalexenamapib.pdf
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1668d289b95818acca5ea6cdda87b16b/bemomaxugusemowiwep.pdf
    • https://cualuoihoanmy.com/uploads/userfiles/file/66418961424.pdf
    • https://memoservicesrl.it/file/bupozatiseforejosadatozuf.pdf
    • http://dgjinhak.kr/DATA/upload/files/202105300321292871.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=diploma+of+higher+education+level
    • 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_off00011076.bin
683ba7aa7ef8f3fb716612ec29eb98e05f225b12df17f84a0f01a5a8196075f3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11076 11068 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000129d6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129D6 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000141e8.bin
920256bcec83e21d5c9e013f708e50e3cbf8b66240a24c5ea5f6c80a1d9383cc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141E8 17368 bytes