Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e703db91b4731d2e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-07-24 13:43:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 23cbd77b9e811fdbf965a42eeab046ad SHA-1: 59ad2d330ab78dbe2feca4ae003abc9ddd969204 SHA-256: e703db91b4731d2e35957c1a59ce9aa7f0fa1aa47ca9ea34736d03b8b2113833
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as a malicious PDF by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The PDF's structure and embedded links indicate it is likely used for phishing or distributing further malware, aligning with the Spearphishing Attachment technique.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://timjanen.se/anvandarbilder/53/files/41692320967.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160782f2bd7994---zobexufexox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1970fchs50thclassreunion.com/clients/1/19/19770213778af891f1b13fa25f964f50/File/vododozes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d68880891e5d2ddacf2305d51f2052db/48902658188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mn-lawfirm.com/box/userfiles/file/42640763952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbfeahwarn6ac1adp3fb2p.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/jijul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amexeuro.com/an3_Uploads/file/55976535078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bajajsports.com/userfiles/file/39812438069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jpe2n35m6pfpdljfkm5serhnk5/23470936570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b21261a5397---lagezupex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1c3bdee50---35279474118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aead53c1a27---64703872880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slp61.com/clients/e/e2/e296dcecfd7d10ffef0cc83fef253c72/File/xufezazavaxuvewokazok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d495ae1ee3---buwefapidajukotiguzaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirierielicopter.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de6fbb1798b---84108394049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vvg1r5lpmh84476c3brvuk3mor/17243304912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reicar.dk/userfiles/file/kojubarujeletidovukudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nusratali.com/userfiles/files/diluxoduxadarumopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/reui5er1iu3q3vq3lr4r24qn70/37297134082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aire-limpio.com/img/editor/file/23148747308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nolimitscenter.be/peausitive/images/FCKeditor/file/22240957512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b40402758cd---979852238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannermaul.com/userData/board/file/likitone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roweryelectra.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/16214504035623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=libro+el+camino+de+sherlock+pdfPDF 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_off0000f25a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF25A 18240 bytes
SHA-256: 81370315dcb278ab8c21ce31cfa277a8c9a4b8a2b426887e9ab6e6594def2524
font_01_sfnt_off00012136.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12136 10976 bytes
SHA-256: 6361001b8024aab55b47794c3b23480708ca17756189ac6808f9d198e88f0c19
font_02_sfnt_off00013a36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A36 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1