Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 01ee18d9135e3dbd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-07-06 14:19:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4ff0ea1a96053299c564bb90ea8164cb SHA-1: eb7c2204060e196d0b04286a8a3fd6c44b5669f5 SHA-256: 01ee18d9135e3dbdfed8de4faf43fadc1b5a430ed51d4b04160e9e6d0e5d764b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document that contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded links suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites, aligning with a spearphishing attachment attack vector.

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=class+11+commerce+notes+pdf
    • http://focostrade.com/files/20210701185138.pdf
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7f6486d93---xunurasexuxaparel.pdf
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/7950576015.pdf
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f32cfac086---59456864942.pdf
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bf4f09ccced1ab0f3ddeaa71331690f/59879142722.pdf
    • https://irisapp.cn/uploadfiles/fckeditor/20210523/file/16217842092404.pdf
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c6c188199a1b5211b6673b6bb0aa92b/kemunapowegiwosutesilup.pdf
    • http://handbook.hu/upload/page/file/73315355428.pdf
    • http://ledins.lv/cms/file/26961393512.pdf
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092a7316e2fe---44052097486.pdf
    • http://vhs1970.com/clients/873287/File/48891151175.pdf
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070a3863143a---vusajoverisiso.pdf
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c5a389295c---47523168490.pdf
    • https://an-professional.ru/img/files/file/65946170075.pdf
    • http://classicalgardenfountains.com/uplds/file/riredabazarefivata.pdf
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccf4221cd91---82142841902.pdf
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099efd3bc3f4---siwabugabudugapifiw.pdf
    • http://infinijewelry.com/userfiles/file/90501996384.pdf
    • http://ridendo.cz/files/file/pikugib.pdf
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o1t4ld2rf9s719i5l92hd5f1jf/tures.pdf
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f724dda2c4---8069288583.pdf
    • http://arci-mp.fr/admin/File/limutimegi.pdf
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076143674335---47398481025.pdf
    • http://chanakyaaerospacedefence.com/userfiles/file/51052774626.pdf
    • 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_off0000fa23.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA23 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011235.bin
f7b89435b5ea057998cff56566f5442f1c53bde5c1b02f6f9017c5b6169460aa
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11235 16500 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013d05.bin
fe93d8e562c68db290808e231b66612ca26d628d17d389a4768f4245012beb21
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D05 10772 bytes