Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e93e80c32b28af45…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-08-13 14:00:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e3a6f61c2eb9a29c4d1e745787e3a7f7 SHA-1: 3734a7595059eb34630f5b7ac0d65327f9c22c3a SHA-256: e93e80c32b28af45a71f93300f7245757e9c396a63b7689e999f6f860b2df3fa
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload storage locations and other disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The malformed stream length heuristic also points to exploit activity within the PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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://aprilboya.com/userfiles/file/37882393467.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://shsuorui.com/uploadfiles/fckeditor/20210702/file/16252389767927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fli.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86660338240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b007b463219---fafoxowiputuzadisugozuxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9df1a2bf37bb70518448921d1de5e0bf/92026881468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkxhjfc.ltd/uploads/files/20210709060458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archissimo.eu/userfiles/files/xomenemalugurupizelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://datong-travel.tw/upload/ckeditor/files/20210728201548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharmavet.co/userfiles/file/54529830892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080e9c25f105---11927905248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t2dut5gp3e7vlmk5e0p5tqd31c/kexukibejuvid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mh-gartengestaltung.de/userfiles/file/jafakokewokutuzopos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-26/20210526081721137697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b49e9f882ffa3a3aba6a7095783a7274/kenetirikewerofigerowira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajaunited.com/contents//files/lumebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac450ca8b98---zisipirotexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtselect.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/besibuxatebuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novichiha.ru/pic/file/gidusogazosudojev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8748ed6b3a---37661527130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607915f038b74---nerokenubufometos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barrierball.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53329333276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161164e1723159---fovikete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92f913192305bdf9a7c9b2e383589a34/jakuxakevim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=bond+11%2B+non-verbal+reasoning+handbookPDF 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_off0000cecc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCECC 10864 bytes
SHA-256: 5916178bec2fccf9782098bfe331c315de2c813b106d41d5d3b8302e1f9a06c6
font_01_sfnt_off0000e7b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7B1 16268 bytes
SHA-256: f6e7a5dfb911e983b32e373adfa1321ad6066625fbb7abf87b9a44a745cc0cc3
font_02_sfnt_off000111ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111EA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1