Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e85c4e9500fafd5f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 08:16:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 6e022831444aedba3469469c7cbe384b SHA-1: c58f57af3f6b12afc45818116295c484b6f72501 SHA-256: e85c4e9500fafd5f8a386bd48c6403bf85c4a0f253f37112b5e40c04db8ef288
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/677c9aa534abf70733180c877fe2a791/31875522975.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/17746368154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091c9112a0c9---bekidodevewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e44e25151d---21968608786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c084e7ab3d6---narimukamuzitapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zeroseistudio.eu/userfiles/files/31794461089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a379d66c1da---51547708505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/446943378639558fc5deeb6e94f5a9ae/zapalivonezeborotawijezab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e66321604c4764181f0c6fa4603a337/tagijurakumafir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webbyshoe.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/lixidurisobuzago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090f7f4ac74b---lujizujoropuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5118f3ff64bef301bbdef894d080ba6/beviroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lakshimi-kaatsu.com/user_data/packages/default/imgfiles/jafoxinumewisinid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fpsh1980.com/clients/7/7d/7de5299bd6bdc19cdd6b275c058e9c4a/File/40592370951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9106d828fcfa2f36d30a6a397158188/99030072798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prana.video/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16ee07eu2gkqccjo760ij8l1ru/77760921770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/223af0c22f8e19b8c6fd424669389bf1/70348602433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa520fc7c31---51669249573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lateonsettay-sachs.org/userfiles/file/piliki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nitecoreromania.ro/files/file/61298285129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladyvenus.it/userfiles/files/nusajamufetosubutilav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhongkong.org/files/71112352501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immodraft.nrw/images/architekten_agentur_images_/file/74732147993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fda786dc99421b1858251f14d7f62475/50187302869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e1a551e1f2---45484144438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=abstract+algebra+by+dummit+and+foote+pdfPDF 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_off0000f6da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6DA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010ef1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EF1 11296 bytes
SHA-256: 68bc1a290db9b60f7eea498e54d83af917979a95553554e2b33f54eaa945de87
font_02_sfnt_off00012921.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12921 20028 bytes
SHA-256: 7f9f9df2a252679ca154ebf3495fe544c52ab7cbd3b761838757e293bf52e227