Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e75a24b0d852740f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-08-20 11:33:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 00cfb8477cce550f8e1188a0fab3289f SHA-1: 67917933ee8334ecb653c41dc081e0459007150c SHA-256: e75a24b0d852740f9e84bebb42bbe954fbc184197abc2881cf0897ffe50f2537
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The primary goal appears to be directing users to external malicious sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=when+did+the+prison+system+start+in+america PDF link annotation
    • https://balajihighfields.in/userfiles/file/13820787197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n95america.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22b24b605cdab898f8e57c457a66c5e6/befigiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1uqt9u92nu86oj1oq9g1idkvi9/14641269675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7d6e2b958---44837901080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weorderfood.com/uploads/files/94115033701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doreenindiatours.com/userfiles/file/72126927345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f70ca2874---62716789517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94a9f2e56b5fa151d7d3075749b9568b/56099979040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bistro-e.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cde2a0c82a---78139319723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aps-mes.com/files/file/11252207968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160940d36ccdae---59733710698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airfa.it/userfiles/file/88166377622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.waetsukai.jp/system/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rikivosurakiforuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urduhadith.org/survey/userfiles/files/jidesigibitenovoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbeequestriansurfaces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fssa8ig566trogk55nmigrhmak/52800985359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/621200033631e2b03da2b816028a03fc/32632635704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sro52.ru/uploads/files/52406920712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://takeacode.net/user/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e/file/12604402730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afe406820de04ff0da71641c1cf1676f/mifarixawuzuxuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trvstore.com/userfiles/file/mefemolobininepide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miyadenthai.com/image/upload/File/kekiwuvugax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7aa1bfeef9057ca17ed14c352be55f20/kinajulabetidiporoposowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-ivanteevka.ru/upload_picture/file/dedekov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d22c833fe9---jafogopipobidav.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_off0000e579.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE579 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD90 10840 bytes
SHA-256: c8c77d4ef3deb2b07e89beef225063a8f748749826741327fab0f5421f0697c2
font_02_sfnt_off0001166f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1166F 16824 bytes
SHA-256: 712c9a0830e378c5b2a55b5d4008ef609610e580c629e0365d72a00dbe005885