Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe1e77d2a8814bea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.2 KB Created: 2021-08-21 05:07:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: da667207a3af01c4202a22fe35c8810e SHA-1: 9c55208e018d38c869027c94f5511ac52b0f4d31 SHA-256: fe1e77d2a8814bead38650eeffbcd9226a96496937ff35ad97ac288c95159c44
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded URLs suggest a redirection chain designed to obscure the final malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0da71b123337aea0c22dac628f6b45c/45578690183.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://inarchengineering.it/userfiles/files/93279130452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f707a3c5005---fojadogalaron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulaikhatextile.com/userfiles/files/61137663704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obrienbuilders.com/userfiles/file/ragigetabotijodanijatasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svsteinfurth.de/radsportfiles/file/78865393156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobiliareborghi.com/userfiles/files/kewagunadebanutuwiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dhesient.com/media/41243897335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotelamoha.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e782de19ff---36099590915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092e30695161---sigerafisejita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hodori247.com/uploads/files/mevuxofukaxojexikiwofex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dkyangmei.com/uploadfile/file/2021081119081873499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/lezego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a8977c6393---kavesaxurivipatogavuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leadershipcareer.kr/fckeditor/_upload/file/talazib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zxpgw.com/userfiles/file/63682030550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.propertyfilevault.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7c68fbe4bf4f8749bc5bbad5120190e/dexijevuxufesufowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf1b86b92bd---xejuxito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15aff3a0e1e9f5914b464a6c0dc02093/41109369880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4c6f00b3ac---xofoledarofiwosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bimetoor.com/basefile/bimetoorir/files/zixevovomavuzedejexiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcobernini.it/userfiles/files/11656608141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masterkontroll.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sakepurobiriwavakotanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0e4140ecd9---17320107866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=effects+of+unemployment+on+economic+growth+in+nigeriaPDF 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_off0000cd77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD77 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e589.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE589 16436 bytes
SHA-256: 0e171bb7a3a38417e74148823135496805b1224f5f14951b436afd8d2778b709
font_02_sfnt_off00011043.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11043 11208 bytes
SHA-256: e48e344e38ec77e6304af8fece146aa85b76b3967c2adfd2fc7df12f9d62479c