Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e8419163f46405bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-06-27 22:47:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3af4a532642a00748cd9b44532d2fa39 SHA-1: 29990beade0281143725f4f4227a881b3e1abcae SHA-256: e8419163f46405bb4e00bca3fffd1f6e738ab771632310ada1d2e96d96e7c3ba
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of 'utm_term' parameters in URLs suggest an attempt to obfuscate the final destination and track campaign effectiveness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hives+at+night+only
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074743dac469---manuzesalob.pdf
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l9kgmnegtag0p8js5c6v2sdt1b/45066964421.pdf
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aca4cfcbde3---jizefimogarepaxoxokapug.pdf
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607db56653c5a---fikegezoj.pdf
    • http://ridendo.cz/files/file/75155121703.pdf
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b48608a8021---vulamorudubakazulutif.pdf
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/jesewuripisijerakesa.pdf
    • http://theofficefurniturestore.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zejosijidikikow.pdf
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5064230942---73249801556.pdf
    • http://gdbchurch.com/clients/43262/File/ravajogubaromiz.pdf
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607045570648a---mawutajobu.pdf
    • http://deauville.ru/files/file/80983078419.pdf
    • https://dodatnagarancija.com/userfiles/file/45517389351.pdf
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f4e6656691b5d98f0ab13917875bbee/manaxeduzijuku.pdf
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9191de068a3a4148308540bb2f313e3/resuvowumovavetomosoti.pdf
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608191a44738f---68262498978.pdf
    • http://stroisvias.ru/userfiles/file/xukowukanelagebopivabaje.pdf
    • http://www.mueblesgamez.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruzijikopebujilosaro.pdf
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e779c1f11a---11366276344.pdf
    • https://seataclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/438a7c64a5bee9ede42cf176e9d6f286/64040507782.pdf
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9q3adlqh70e1u52fcj05jeppah/wizemujak.pdf
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oqbud5vejh9vc77i7r7ue2h2h8/sugalomojezugavabimiwovu.pdf
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/1251139071.pdf
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/024e9bab2d2caca242d20c9ebed3da3c/58937026747.pdf
    • http://jirehenl.com/userfiles/file/152350423590.pdf
    • 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_off0000f75f.bin
325a16e40b015d17a6f483cc22d4b976130cc3eeaaf45aae0a400be287d624e8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF75F 16408 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000121b8.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121B8 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000139cf.bin
00c92bfd3e86a2b18e87eafc253a48927422f2b237bb7659db2feaafb4a254c5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139CF 10456 bytes