Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e8c92212c5c71190…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.7 KB Created: 2021-07-10 03:55:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 22bdd908128496bea693e4707970ac96 SHA-1: a2f6f954a9479464619e98ca6469d67459668d2b SHA-256: e8c92212c5c71190f9cf3ef7d3aa6f3e43a046d2a0538c524bf9dd7c7639bd16
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate the document functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting sites. While no scripts were directly extracted, the nature of the URLs suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

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 http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608256dd80b35---kadonajopepa.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c78b260db1---fefesuwabofuruzetubeja.pdf
    • http://verkaufs-akademie.com/userfiles/file/sibixesizobojofudulet.pdf
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160747abf91853---98990849103.pdf
    • http://korean-school.hu/hangul/userfiles/file/daroxalenezi.pdf
    • http://irishheritagesociety.net/clients/7/7f/7f3653e4c5d791bf76f28d2bf9929747/File/xipefugesafur.pdf
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce53c478448c3a970082c328a822fc08/64466616948.pdf
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/717e09f0c084502ad775d70b0e6696d4/xoxumedikikogaja.pdf
    • http://caratow.eu/userfiles/file/51707786332.pdf
    • http://dailyxedayhang.com/userfiles/files/23828834059.pdf
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607777460f5f5---3250759577.pdf
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b7f1fd692ffcf2435aedb48140e60db/17712871433.pdf
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160795c2cdf3f4---25854844618.pdf
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acf0a3bf183---62806122842.pdf
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aef1ec2fd8c91a3d432d2e9f39adf945/kanesuzodiledewijev.pdf
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22tjt46c9uock5sptuf1o278jr/65697096094.pdf
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a3bf7a015e5ed967775dc96be3a71a7/14442608782.pdf
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31d2e082efac860ec32ac84698bc53c0/51854062197.pdf
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/84472169345.pdf
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608075b4e3c09---14946294204.pdf
    • https://studiopros.com/userfiles/file/
    • https://alianzatours.com/imagenes/file/68068685792.pdf
    • http://geteffective.biz/uploadfiles/file/rodenirorinuzunalisi.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=is+german+easy+to+learn+for+english+speakers
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a744ede602b22b45e16f6f8a05f358e/48689318419.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_off000117ee.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117EE 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00013000.bin
f76b78768c93225728933c626079aac15526d8be26adaff9719f93f9285ab599
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13000 19376 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001603e.bin
2fa5e7d66af0ada030dce2127ec72a35b9ceefeb9ffe32c01c13ef5121d418a4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1603E 10960 bytes