Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0eee308e60667ff3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.1 KB Created: 2021-07-22 14:31:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: a58532a3c2097dd39b4b7a730df7f82a SHA-1: 1e43db1a400dcdbf17b60a1045fa3b4f828dfc6a SHA-256: 0eee308e60667ff362633a7325d67672bed96b01f753eb7c41040509a2d711c7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites and disposable domains. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and the nature of the URLs suggest a phishing or malicious redirection attempt, likely delivered via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://valve-toho.com/userfiles/file/ribaravudugezesewelakeb.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094329c12f00---55883680369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fa885b4818---56911567250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608505bd9d58f---wowogidanerumuwosonuvog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb7fd56802906fc9381ddebe0b9177e6/mudawawebunaguzurulunele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d8982b9de2---maripikuzatikagosikebib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a9363d4826---zigurepute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/071b8d36f30793d7cb835101cada6ca9/jemitikatubozolol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11e1e0f96fb1e72d870e12fc6df802da/80334622561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieompaysdebray.fr/lesiom/txt/imgadmin/file/pivododasunodakunovevoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webelievedin1984.com/clients/6/67/676624d6593aa512bfa6e10e765af00e/File/23177592715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jordanadams.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19517719540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac8ab6af8cb---xupuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinshi66.com/uploadfiles/files/31531832186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unicon-msk.ru/data/files/mogamilubelexozevusimefik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://navliecky.net/userfiles/file/vonuterasafotegib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceomit.com/fckupload/file/mefuwazivifobuxovivadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f7cd242f68693c893024111e5b50e46/koxebubolewetuderexog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609188d1f0ddc---vobuwogezutajato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087a657efc99---mawitinezaferoxewasaxegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3kf94r26212a545f3de5mn76a6/14542104735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kermoulin.com/userfiles/file/71541691283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c5796998a6---dezidinutaledun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=perfectly+inelastic+demand+valuePDF 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_off00010642.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10642 17848 bytes
SHA-256: 8c22e1510976b9da5896e1a9b5be90c9b16ec318b51a9fd1d732e2472748e7e2
font_01_sfnt_off000134e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134E0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014cf7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14CF7 10800 bytes
SHA-256: 0bac93c71ba3d937ba0bd104bf8069dabb5588811082b44fa54f573ffc61bba3