Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e837bd930fcf1b95…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 04:50:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 45efb7e5a99bc52f7cacecf3e688794a SHA-1: 87c2753172b9c96166093ada33aef2cd7147cb12 SHA-256: e837bd930fcf1b958682a5542e9ec3aaa187f73a244e563f47073f0dd5bbc47e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download' lure further supports a phishing or malware delivery attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086ff58a6e7d---55445873951.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://3e-machinery.ru/app/webroot/filesfiles/tivabuzijakokesap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070a2159a894---70426975819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af7e06c1fdb---dabapolapikute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b68b7bfd4c---dadolokub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ul6khqumhs295jhjq3rhtlq06j/ziwejipavava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----9sbkvfu2aex3d.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wazanepikodesosexodesone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dyglas.com/userData/board/file/mumet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caraudioshop.ro/mm/file/bikuduladawotawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5f66ea98b0---jegasakijupodigemon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drstevealbrecht.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52c3355f018617f69747de53ba136eab/79914057311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuning-zone.eu/userfiles/file/85344312957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608116e9a215e---90368588501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tate79.com/clients/868750/File/nuladapate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ade04179cf6---lizepinexokuzoxuwafameka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cocoal.com/uploads/file/74281065187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://au-zlato.sk/upload/files/10736737624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cestovni-postylka.eu/userfiles/file/45689073027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adcd29a1d6d---nepunugejasapexuwap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velo.hu/UserFiles/file/walexafazidupus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amoy-art.com/Upload/file/89845806873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodottoitalia.eu/userfiles/files/juvepozifigixaxob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nestaerospace.com/uploads/file/42545554377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=mac+preview+merge+pdfsPDF 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_off0000d8e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8E6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0F8 18280 bytes
SHA-256: 60070bf9b29841f32bcf54d0dc50ad3b8b414d129e576f2910632d3c26b69d47
font_02_sfnt_off00012017.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12017 10740 bytes
SHA-256: 60d18a22a2ab98a5067def8a73d1675fa41d8dc7bbf6290de733f06be8bcb63d