Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e85892d0e26f1335…

MALICIOUS

PDF

257.6 KB Created: 2021-07-06 23:53:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 425c7bae3fdc6f0ebf707ecc68a85868 SHA-1: 0b67ff5409dbebf62009be57d57168931b865a29 SHA-256: e85892d0e26f133559287de59255b5097871f2cbf9626521b0b30013e15c7c79
186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating malicious intent, including links to IP addresses and compromised WordPress uploads, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of external URIs and a high ML score further support this. The document body is heavily obfuscated, but the overall structure and heuristic firings point to a phishing lure attempting to trick users into downloading a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image lure linking to an SEO redirector (free-download phishing) high PDF_SEO_UTM_REDIRECTOR_LINK
    PDF embeds an image with little or no body text and a clickable link to a multi-word utm_term / FeedBurner-proxied SEO redirector — the 'free ebook / solution-manual / document download' phishing family that ranks for natural-language search queries and routes the user into a payload/redirect chain. The PDF carries no exploit; the risk is the linked destination. Flagged structurally (image lure + SEO redirector) so it does not depend on a ClamAV/ML signature, and regardless of how many filler text pages the lure carries.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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.
  • 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://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e3038310e3a---xasuvizekilawexen.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://doo-san.com/userfiles/file/20210603072810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.pl/upload/kadudiduwawomilozuzovax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perles-del-beya.com/userfiles/file/99088752274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0gi0lamj7jfoi48b3cbiia12vq/kojodejipekaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://157.230.241.115/image/upload/File/70758004583.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p09g8h79ge035kd314lr5hqoa1/davefoxeloburinenip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cndb9fkosqraermfsas6q9mse6/jozuwojarebonekezigaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scenekunstskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nomijed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rockpapersun.com/upload_mce_image/file/xelefitakux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zegabilisim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/pifejujex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/758738b73e9df7a58bd71245a450d451/16943364003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poorclarescork.ie/images/77789718959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/di56jp4u4ni8k902rc7e8hpmeo/10829548356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l73pmkbc0ncfa679uoo4t0mjv6/51313252953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be86e970b69---30579140372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607625c5ede2b---wezixuxewadiwemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingchengs.com/jingchengs/ckfinder/files/20210621040217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colorfulmedia.de/fotki/fotki/file/31059942022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077d4864d154---96293508999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160793f05793d3---jotokafafavikex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myblindz.com/fck_user_files/file/43034387414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davebakeragency.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/144bd1069f56cf88f0d6fdb0f867dd83/varitoxod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45865bb478e256a8baafc99a57a376c9/94767512596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607542d64af2d---pumelonuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=the+crown+of+gilded+bones+freePDF 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_off00039b00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x39B00 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0003b312.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3B312 17016 bytes
SHA-256: 2b32cf725103a912e09ed2012d9b9bb24a8cf1a2013bed639a8ddf8d12abb457
font_02_sfnt_off0003de9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3DE9A 10684 bytes
SHA-256: 56095c08e77e966dde6e0d38bed448ac02273a85199fc1f064f8bbe6873e8008