Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e9a43a36da9f6a3d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

148.6 KB Created: 2021-07-04 13:46:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b5e101fb65b2a65cbdffaf080fad2b8f SHA-1: 3f631387ea2df7bed31f680ee0fbb18d095b7d4c SHA-256: e9a43a36da9f6a3d38e0e824f85027ba6bf0a85e325e6a9af0ee2b06189a82ad
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9781

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 http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608501cd066d6---12732342930.pdf
    • http://hoangle.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/tibirezulemutate.pdf
    • https://llsindia.in/FCKeditor/file/39029245469.pdf
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jup6qv0b6jo8hctqameum8ujq1/40712671253.pdf
    • http://jtour.vn/userfiles/file/pijidawebamijokekef.pdf
    • http://sochi-polyana.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fozitetupupubitizokosozu.pdf
    • https://hondamienbac.vn/userfiles/file/77475534752.pdf
    • http://sakaryakasaplarodasi.org/userfiles/file/depewusafijuv.pdf
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160860ebc20c84---xadabumosijarejo.pdf
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p58jeji4rkdth953huhj8798d1/67270548765.pdf
    • http://rajskiewakacje.pl/userfiles/file/43559991179.pdf
    • http://teechart.com/uploads/images/files/92304186967.pdf
    • http://m-camper.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16886112356.pdf
    • http://c-amc.com/upload/files/rexujubobixitofujavoguwa.pdf
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084fd4c35b38---8997209902.pdf
    • https://vildmarksjagt.dk/userfiles/file/86678023611.pdf
    • https://baohohoanglong.com/userfiles/file/36671003636.pdf
    • https://pensiuneavlasin.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mjnr0tedgn2f7dr2ll1d90t6le/sibewijerajowiriranid.pdf
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607401a09d0f1---95224093109.pdf
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f71a59997f---14606021282.pdf
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/961089d8e48c8d8805d41657af896540/35836747946.pdf
    • http://shukokai-voves.fr/userfiles/file/83358255786.pdf
    • https://laatjehuisweerstralen.nl/upload/file/nujiwutebokugoli.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=he+is+speaking+french
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001bb54.bin
6bce804082542caf8629776785eeb4f014a48d0b49220ac88cc2414f6a139cfc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BB54 31212 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00020536.bin
46a0ce27bb237089be979168ff303e4879a491a2f03c37b1e7f6a6929dd16d32
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x20536 10576 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00021d40.bin
77b83b9bc12f626376d37c43e729bbc5e3c531feba4469fad8ea3610c136ed14
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x21D40 3188 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00022a74.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x22A74 16792 bytes