Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e9cfd51c707640ea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.0 KB Created: 2021-08-17 02:49:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 286237cce18a1efa97e3d619caf11144 SHA-1: f05d1364536b837e37cf61697f02768cfa77f5f6 SHA-256: e9cfd51c707640eaae25c68388eb7fc9bb9f4c499795da9490ab2773d7b3e7d5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution through these links. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests a link farm designed to lead users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084e69ab6ed2---wibimij.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://heyumpnd.com/userfiles/file///63597139769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee224c88dee6840606c1bf4c2421ca97/muzizogijex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b71a5eb0a8---tugalamawaxeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandiassociati.it/userfiles/file/91299225413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rocb-ap.org/file_media/file_image/file/dutixufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7bb5adf46e---sovebovemizarajodixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapsalonvogue.nl/files/file/10426586442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf7fd13efb---xuzalijapoxovazesoluxavub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e7c51d0f90ee1d74d978d46e45d8e5d/porabukuvigokulofefebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://c-effeimmobiliare.it/file/jenutigasidobakotelibira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaatlantida.com/userfiles/file///43119781650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098352254b1a---82041201045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d98157e47f---28818964069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3155e5cfa6---jufevifowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pianoinprimopianofestival.com/uploads/file/kolameragewoliw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/300a6044125ac075fbf4f01893dd55bf/97811279935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackielaw.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/11623103624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dolphinrfid.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd5892e3b4a---vutejabetugok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://renovator.cz/files/file/nuxasafudefexitodajemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://activesolutionelectric.com/images/file/36297338660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotwaterfactory.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86c0c929106089b999508144d7e8bd2a/89790892540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chennothinterios.com/uploads/file/lenosoxep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solee.cn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/befivunegusigixeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=whatsapp+status+amma+video+song+download+teluguPDF 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_off0000bead.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBEAD 10984 bytes
SHA-256: bcad761a189a9e267e81003abb4184ab91245b5ab652da40c065db5c5652b482
font_01_sfnt_off0000d7d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7D6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000efe8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFE8 16336 bytes
SHA-256: 9ca85b50a51f4522aa8485d5e652f84e5945c851e0e2ec535c4450e1dc8a331d