Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e81eba0f8b3748bd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-07-21 09:44:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f73ef3d5b81b936a4fa4d068373bf85b SHA-1: b7680a3b54787fdbaf8b794f8fa38901594e33e8 SHA-256: e81eba0f8b3748bd8a2a8dc533e6feec1e037a8c28bb509cf0f1f11d1efe8b8f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The primary function appears to be acting as a link farm to lure users to potentially malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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://chris-arnold.com/userfiles/file/29188660266.pdf
    • https://projetounificado.com/uploads/files/mozaduwajewusewumexinebad.pdf
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607540872b90b---48607627677.pdf
    • http://brmhn.com/userfiles/file/20210515062056_2dl056.pdf
    • http://fructusartis.com/i/File/69976351130.pdf
    • http://www.onlinetemsilci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160765d4847d6c---91599557562.pdf
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b540962fe5b---90862663088.pdf
    • https://equator-maritime.com/userfiles/file/52841892235.pdf
    • https://charlesstreetvideo.com/userfiles/file/31011499422.pdf
    • https://www.bistro-e.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d8b0b43147---lifivivoso.pdf
    • http://relaxzenter.com/uploads/files/21185317614.pdf
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nk2fls7fkic5uc6j09a5114ul1/88462979969.pdf
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6dlrs0moor1suacqlnrp7mg4qs/kiwipiverudanogetezaz.pdf
    • https://www.psalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81b63c2f9ef3abf665133390138e060a/42459651416.pdf
    • http://pensionpoint.cz/userfiles/files/27370419725.pdf
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870cdf54ef2---wiletuzebuzebevamu.pdf
    • https://atamergranit.com/userfiles/file/zesefenewawudurew.pdf
    • http://beiwendq.com/userfiles/file/78436175587.pdf
    • https://cafesca.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42346597266.pdf
    • https://olgapopovaphoto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdf89990f64a672b6c5c61f2f5611a01/75709284154.pdf
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edb2a63350b988501004d034476a210b/tokowudite.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+paint+trim+without+brush+marks
    • 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_off0000efd7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFD7 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000107ee.bin
028db98ef3e8f6a528b515b85845ec66cbeaae7fea768ebd335824ca362b59ad
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107EE 10748 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012039.bin
ef6c5d055a19471267875e8a8df99d91a74c0fbdb9ba21b46413dfc62700789f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12039 16720 bytes