Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e85da60970447c6a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

171.8 KB Created: 2021-07-25 05:59:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 2eecc318fc43fa11896f93510ea09326 SHA-1: 18a6237d1f315b3e6b3646a3d4d564180675d891 SHA-256: e85da60970447c6a85f79d4a27bcc75cc776470ce422cb0cd12ceb919bd8d301
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised WordPress sites, many of which host other PDF files. This suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, with the primary goal appearing to be directing users to malicious content hosted on potentially compromised infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9940

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://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebf9d7bfb3f77023acac87f1adf7f7f9/ralagoxovalurufuzezepo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3c5381c5d8---61428533236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160779f6f39584---17548498597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094496826ad6---89360554801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079fbd724336---dakadoginogogivoxefofuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bd39520323---71145379073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f20a171ed9---29424245145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3c03d9235c---xuxobitazidadofazora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bn47j6291iljbvm07o4mfs3e3s/10933873521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f5cf2ac7d8---xubufux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reelproductionshd.com/userfiles/file/soxajuvukiwidupakup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gonouvellezelande.com/files/narifadafolebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c581071fc31---49241484444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cymrozgreatdanes.com/clients/1/1a/1a407d8ccac5525c71aaafb6b4664123/File/wuvuseferifomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richfield1960.com/clients/865265/File/davefim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dvg.asia/ckfinder/uploadfiles/files/93581328196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e6621e31a3---92440605380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eda1c9d2a29---51362587062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flgr.ru/files/files/vudixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6247mt30qqifdtpkmnkeumgev3/66885770096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aryajob.com/user_upload/file/29233523421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b552517bc1070ef053de5f1bcf3d2902/sevoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acgroupenterprise.com/userfiles/file/91165695038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=libro+instalaciones+electricas+practicas+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_off000238de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x238DE 21228 bytes
SHA-256: 0427a5827f47fe8aaa109fd8358e6007c01e8a65b35aa48d65dea2fe3e50ff71
font_01_sfnt_off00026f74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x26F74 10708 bytes
SHA-256: 8a3e04bf341aba6a222458413ccbf835c6600e9f03c4d6a02436ee112e31a0b2
font_02_sfnt_off000287f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x287F0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1