Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e781fe8ce56d2136…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.1 KB Created: 2021-07-25 12:09:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: e6ce971494e52dd96075dc9b4f4be929 SHA-1: 66b183270fb9f155092c4398a1528b25ccf940b8 SHA-256: e781fe8ce56d2136e170a7a03e3bc9d5c08afd9a369fcd539f63f6065d80b45e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. The primary attack pattern observed is the use of a link farm to obscure the ultimate destination and leverage compromised infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://peterdegendt.be/file/milupulufawu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bad858798c1---41580887978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ac3765c149---15101327224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.varishastalari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c2bba530bc---diviwotejuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a55200i1j2g3oq7n9jhp1bcb3i/zepisowivejowakosux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb6bb3561dabc19585c5758848620544/26946120615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brilsports.ro/userfiles/file///2605218781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c84f14fdbb---23393788107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datatech-int.com/userfiles/file/rubuxitezejilepuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tutaylamhet.com/storage/ckfinder/files/tosuwutalijufiwaguke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160802cfe66912---36544680125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/ditamawawuwemowoxuguza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wendi101.com/userfiles/file/welifagaradi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chipublichouse.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84040979543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608413692c640---bulumobafenut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgjinhak.kr/DATA/upload/files/202107191045412511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learningkey.org/userfiles/53273132209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607615fad5356---logumafaxojekitutan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28cpbuqbocgc0d0km9v8sdsia3/lanatuvibogamemos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-028.com/userfiles/file/20210715164232_ghcwj7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb33be4dd5---11120321061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.pro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdd2jqn62ufeqfbduudfhs10e0/89585767265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prestigeautobody.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/304eafe1161f6e9fd6e77637a2d7a935/noparigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cinstech-inspect-survey.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/nimunazamomuzusefefuzel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+play+three+kingdoms+tacticsPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f303.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF303 11244 bytes
SHA-256: 9c88b3c387f82136f776101d51f68723bbcbd2259b2d42b3b18dac9268b81d58
font_01_sfnt_off00010d0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D0C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012519.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12519 1732 bytes
SHA-256: 47ffcb3349fa045250215799b8e82eca1684b8ecc7f0f7ac8f6b3bcfc244e058
font_03_sfnt_off00012d51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D51 17992 bytes
SHA-256: 93f3d3cb11ca677e18bd89708f757978d0bdaa1c7953ef9da874c5c3164d47bf