Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e745d2a52b354181…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-07-20 20:38:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b96c8523e66d47fc63681caafe41f7ce SHA-1: 1553c2934ec3f22ba76c03c1513e04405cfbd504 SHA-256: e745d2a52b35418112e2cc53b3f60e9eeda9d3936ed2eac769ad772a285e59a4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links. No scripts were extracted, so the primary attack vector appears to be the embedded URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876d5cdaa82---3021653269.pdf
    • https://maintogelonline.info/contents//files/90802668158.pdf
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db45d0a4eab09858307190b38278f4e2/rupabuzaxaporig.pdf
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lpacepj2qgt9tuogpk1sbroob6/losadupagobawodopiw.pdf
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c241c552cfce9bc2ab8c82208bd8c2b/7515603434.pdf
    • http://barsugo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lolaret.pdf
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd95a8b9747---lebumiwaxoxezexupigefu.pdf
    • http://carriewoodfamily.com/clients/5/5b/5b9f2fb360c4065436fb7fe1267c3612/File/babupusiweworip.pdf
    • https://swagath.co/new/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55789677911.pdf
    • https://rajatotogroup1.com/contents//files/sukosewamepudunenubova.pdf
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df4c73714429227a6265738cb4bf41b3/rikebakamipebibovobu.pdf
    • http://desertofohio.net/clients/4/43/43f38f6e2239b09326489e1ba67fa1b6/File/83735710552.pdf
    • http://juentai.com/userfiles/files/76589053801.pdf
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6629215a53ca88096ad4bfc158f7c7cd/50366788994.pdf
    • http://ladue62.com/clients/2/2d/2d0487a90c18d3a1b3df44839405a665/File/togejirinezikaros.pdf
    • http://tapestry.cz/images/file/files/lexozo.pdf
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ba78b6156c---91668673550.pdf
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a431158418612a0aebc4c2224105e48c/30508617982.pdf
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6c67f3d16a---lelusegugor.pdf
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ec372564b7---puramatubogaxovavux.pdf
    • http://quaretti.it/userfiles/files/miwojavadevez.pdf
    • https://ready4use.ru/uploads/files/29678675922.pdf
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afqnualum279mabqrs2fvv66v5/zuzebogetudizevaletilofof.pdf
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eb8806a0e9---jogagare.pdf
    • https://thehideawayresortpattaya.com/userfiles/files/sifalekokoxupepadupu.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=limits+of+composite+functions+worksheet
    • 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_off0000e19d.bin
b1fa727a7eb3852405d28f740755a4029f79f9e55722220ba04a772af872612d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE19D 18304 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011205.bin
8c1d65a60fa5af6602f001fedae60e152e5ba54c26ccc7e4f3df121517f219f8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11205 10772 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012abd.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12ABD 16792 bytes