Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e895de14a317bf33…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-07-03 18:17:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 0dc6b41ffc6c2160c74ad62c2991f5fe SHA-1: 1f5822005da8b68431b5715bf2b4ab989e1b1fad SHA-256: e895de14a317bf3384e049a3de7fbd635a12174c55b41e1317afb1a8464727fe
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The primary purpose appears to be to lure users to these external sites, likely for phishing or to host further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b1de10842bfa5675f571d03edb8ba98/69080958919.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aae31a81eb0---godabizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fc641cf1be0efa0ae25eafac3b1ec35/rolekazenerajibetowij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b25f3e01897---binonejelukoxopula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12aa00aghvq3elql02hr9pphg9/zovomekubugolizapol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makeswebsites.com/clients/c/c8/c8c605999f3d8352d7bb792cf3fdb25b/File/gosugubafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160720bea1f4f7---94659183043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acfdcfbc29e---kinomazaxubupudukedowov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5cbbd961d2---11182196525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xdata.pl/app/webroot/img/ckf/files/xusamowivowevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arenabilardo.com/data/_files/3809323881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nacyc.jp/Upload/file/89071991887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d848554f995---vebutuvijumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ecafb47422---40588897537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef86e25b2a---bizozukuvavivasalososibag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e44e972baa---zodajokasuzonadogiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e285e9566d56bbe13ac9685779ea784b/pibafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a921b701c4b---kegimitisusamuvabokosawis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1e93fea97f---muzimizopofolezilazibonug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cortabellanews.com/userimages/petoker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u3ujhea4frjbgsiua753da0oqg/zolunitejafivunugikoziran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a18c17af366---64401207454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcmcpropertyblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f39b5538d146110708084575087ccaef/gijuxosuzuwawafozin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=types+of+parables+of+jesusPDF 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_off0000f0c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0C5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000108dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108DC 10504 bytes
SHA-256: c264a9e701c9704acf6e2b706ee74b3442036697ba3c0f5a747b51205b881921
font_02_sfnt_off000120b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120B9 17296 bytes
SHA-256: 6228a3d7e24c2696eb37aeb2311fc20705dffafc75981f8ffe7515675974af99