Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e6bea1ecc71dd115…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 01:30:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: f495f8dec13e0a75c015069aba435496 SHA-1: 726e37c4dc504b6d0302ced6694b450e867fce09 SHA-256: e6bea1ecc71dd115dcfd2869ababbd1f79eaaf21a6b272e521a4ba5a25657276
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 functions as a link farm, containing numerous embedded URLs that point to various domains, some of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve to redirect users to phishing pages or download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9907

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=roadmaster+granite+peak+18+speed+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://www.db-ynox.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sebonepime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://choinka4x4.org/cms/files/file/56375337405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3eb6fb9d95---4343459818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9aa62cd4eb---nuvipirelukubixinevirutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4b7cf6525f---25836438613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91dc8fba47f5de7243f41a4932ed09ac/55396599460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuppersbusch.hu/userfiles/files/vexegugapekaraxomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eg561h0cikhsomtctvcdn9sjr1/72124145144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trungtammatnamviet.vn/upload/files/josadegekajikemevarinuwis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chelseacarpet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/uploads/rakupizimax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.franklinwebdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cde2f87f53---10155364859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ce8957758---fetoralasivimaxex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reazfarah.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pakuwafifukokijopatufupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6ab46025ef---15906640006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtlebanon62.com/clients/5/5e/5ee551a8be14a26d7d76bc5e90dd1372/File/39201977640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dslbnl96l8jdvod5pg0d1bm3dq/jokudeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etonbio.com/newsLetters/images/file/siwajuvifenikisegososi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gpshardorawal.com/hemkunt/userfiles/file/didosunonewoduruti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5972fe48f8---sazixudefajatiwogoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lukoilmarine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xipotigovemujilutemifod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/540e88fc74642e1610cd9a95f20cb014/wojabuvok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wsbtitan.com/images/file/53396871953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lashharmony.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/btoc4u3crrjurhkmb757m0ov1t/12290561414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acd7459f177---97598675500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5d5fc604d59a5e5d104902cfaf8f972/wenelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ada7462b8---murejavafomikezan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080e47abbad1---19931885187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076dd237fc69---6049632300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000c15b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC15B 16872 bytes
SHA-256: 82856b5849b95f6dcce6e99cfc6bf4253669bef35120b0a0c2a8fd0655f81582
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed5f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED5F 11232 bytes
SHA-256: 6e15726719e9e5b442900e8978db9e4ee377634915a7d942119e213fe32fe816
font_02_sfnt_off00010787.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10787 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1