Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e98414acd76bc30b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-06-25 20:51:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0e2688a88771e96dc6bb8e0963680de6 SHA-1: bd8b24e984d5e0f182dc944bd0cb315c63cce532 SHA-256: e98414acd76bc30b7d5038d2810823b6002d80b941e8148874b6a63fd53087c0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload storage and other potentially malicious sites. The embedded URLs and the nature of the link farm suggest an attempt to distribute malware or conduct phishing attacks.

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 https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f3723dea81---1873223994.pdf
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ea131880a2---zoruvo.pdf
    • https://www.m2asolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3da0085c19fc5a1cc2ff1439669a0b01/lobiloliterarozewut.pdf
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5808f1d75e58cbd3e1eb6ba45d659202/wifuxas.pdf
    • https://vildmarksjagt.dk/userfiles/file/taduzatasitunebe.pdf
    • http://dgjst.com/upfile/file/57993611565.pdf
    • https://brahmagnanam.org/fck_uploads/file/57040768705.pdf
    • http://armanetti.com/images/12529059763.pdf
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d6ff1ca490---vuwirusorakatupomakozof.pdf
    • http://aqbnb.com/uploadfile/file/227170388.pdf
    • http://mankatomnclassof71.com/clients/e/e0/e0e8961458839910853a12af65841b27/File/431463901.pdf
    • http://www.truca-taoules.com//ckfinder/userfiles/files/vavisokad.pdf
    • https://almuhja.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85864565308.pdf
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3480da3ab2a8775228e569083adb6a58/zabimikuvotibogasab.pdf
    • http://www.sandzthabapanel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a91cb262f55---10257134351.pdf
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2rrphp9p83hk0jankc7oajjsec/73017403949.pdf
    • https://ecole-anglais.com/upload/files/vulegupofa.pdf
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078cb4fd075e---wutubovitirutu.pdf
    • http://bularz-auto.pl/images/userfiles/file/vugobeboxegusasalixasojej.pdf
    • http://backkwang.com/userData/board/file/jepifugup.pdf
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bf979c43a7---duvalazobokor.pdf
    • http://bjaimama.com/data/upload/2021/05/file/202105150301117455.pdf
    • http://daiichilogistics.com/uploads/news_file/wewunasijuziwexitopo.pdf
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d89df2570ff3d51bfbd5b52389b3b37/54238105257.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b595ff0439a---30850455999.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=motivation+and+performance
    • 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_off0000f246.bin
fe3f11b570ffd4d9b109fbbfe316dd1b4baa5b136d7eff959a0e4b7b848d60d7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF246 10628 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010a9a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A9A 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000122ac.bin
8d118c04e6fde02b1de758c69d6adfaf82e7f76365635b60743033f3a46dd8bf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122AC 17176 bytes