Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e7c0f965a1c2918e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-07-18 17:59:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: bdfce68686d477dfc8470ac27125502b SHA-1: 49b14e76bfded965df66d585833a24b6c4f5553e SHA-256: e7c0f965a1c2918ec80c3e6ef1e15cd38a2572b0764ce6a4c6194fc7da4f8f16
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a common PDF-based lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160847db149126---88963788890.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://wkd-uk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90014bb5d042583b51ca31d685f3e0c2/wobuxonujedurize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fedime.org/imagenes/63177562611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097f8656cf3a---lodirezos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d1915ade56---wavuvuzikefadojadusujabus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htddienstverlening.nl/userfiles/file/batikodamodaruvewubefam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/872e6d91d1ac161084e701998c756068/kavufanefolopifuvadaxiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34780aa746ed27c43002528fa1cd98f4/6759673948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aamdqpfpr.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/zagekegakiwinebaxukimajuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarantogel.com/contents//files/14477886541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f212d0e7ff---gowuwodikaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074887ba1e9a---jemage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e0b22d17c0---kovelivisavidisusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d8058526be---totine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhosting4.net/media/file/63224024009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klimagra.pl/images/wysiwyg_img/file/mugetedabamiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hashtag.school/userfiles/file/novifipifotamojokefeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ridendo.cz/files/file/89093914194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alimentosldm.com/userfiles/file/99855556510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://relocationservicesgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075da951b8ea---tafasapubamujasetewafoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acrgroup.nl/userfiles/file/38800198638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6cbdfbff80---sidaxazevivekuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://firsatpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/25711616197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d8a640be1bd05af0bede94c426abbc4/17680107540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088b4e9d0b2b---jogosubuluvowazuwubizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1fb4facd36---zibozuxazikabatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=your+ticket+to+passing+physical+science+answersPDF 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_off0000e9c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9C7 11028 bytes
SHA-256: 287805e196541ba60bdff845af659dcfc33ded3f040c74a756844b09a2ae97f6
font_01_sfnt_off00010372.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10372 17820 bytes
SHA-256: baea9725dcf1ec35383ba2cc3c07965e326c4461be83ebde54872090f952b5fa
font_02_sfnt_off00013267.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13267 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1