Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e72e1ec545cf11e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-09-19 04:22:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 78850f6cac7a0464c07a124115214e84 SHA-1: 19cfc7291e77d4b6d4f94b863dfdb22f89b82779 SHA-256: e72e1ec545cf11e093114b635206a90d4760dbca11b62eca0fed917846bb6c07
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure suggest an attempt to lure users to potentially malicious content or phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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=auto+fb+liker+apk+2020 PDF link annotation
    • https://ksmt.edu.np/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6505290315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.accessibilite-salle-eau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44231481898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cakesandcupcakes.net/userfiles/files/14860287898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136568ac1b29---37987710598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metafelix.it/userfiles/files/8954245734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ff7bf70c09---motilusiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614042731baa6---44950586209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kstarsmall.net/userfiles/file///66539885965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://le27.fr/docs/file/41374591327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hobbes-group.com/upload/files/zokadaketaturidugudoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimzyonline.com/userfiles/file/gabegobuzefufane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phutungvespaco.com/luutru/files/25399603957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613742c826009---94792569454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.angels-rest.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dojizolerurafufoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basealimentare.it/webroot/files/fck_uploads/File/sabupumovuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnmindia.com/outscapes/admin/ckeditor/uploads/ck/files/5995230451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malir-naterac.info/UserFiles/File/42622584766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vico-domrep.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xoxudovapetenegaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133b4ecbb12b---21795018010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandwatergatehotel.com/upfile_hotel/files/80663117851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pilot-market.ru/new/files/file/sasolejokuvizusazawibazub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gachtrangtritranvinhtin.com/gachtrangtritranvinhtin/Images_upload/files/98028792012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a8c84de4c9e4358b27ee33069c14283/budarex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viral-list-monster.com/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/damajumelatujaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sensi-leszno.pl/userfiles/file/91086556657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marasintl.com/public/ckfinderuploads/files/zaxolelegaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foursservices.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/50601365969.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_off0000e417.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE417 10632 bytes
SHA-256: cc805a62b37b2dbd2b312e0893bc7565356acde05b68b29b7e44c8060a1a8607
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC64 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011476.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11476 20648 bytes
SHA-256: 5155baf772d1130b13f3efd30d91eebde8398c5fcc49a05204edb76754c603e1