Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ee5e8fadcc3be88…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.8 KB Created: 2021-07-08 09:34:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 761196c569dca1e8cfadebd1faae85e5 SHA-1: 92c8ba9084cf82c0c39f07f0689df216d0e43a1c SHA-256: 2ee5e8fadcc3be887f317a7cb526b02fc0602b235909a60a56bff00a340a8170
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple unknown URLs suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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 http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608190a793177---23822833591.pdf
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160928295c57c0---gedikapagewaramiwemiza.pdf
    • http://ildongwire.com/userfiles/file/69807333455.pdf
    • https://technische-dokumentation-hoffmann.com/upload/files/50038080579.pdf
    • http://grodgolf.com/clients/f/fd/fd83fa7079552abb47853a85229f74c1/File/94595459162.pdf
    • https://sunrise-photon.com/upfiles/editor/files/24011895899.pdf
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/399b092105d7e8b9f18a1339d24f2022/36343721712.pdf
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lq38kgv2de6dpr8knsvl77kt96/56556141180.pdf
    • http://creativeindustries.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/puzotasasarujefuluxejukot.pdf
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g568abhngsc6ese3sj9c9raia4/70044467922.pdf
    • http://vasvaripalmuzeum.hu/upload/file/fefilom.pdf
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b84577754fc---74960535273.pdf
    • http://boathousebrokerage.com/userfiles/file/14649412193.pdf
    • http://erex.hu/upload/file/25255928202.pdf
    • https://www.nosolodespedidas.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088228e9f68e---47157613907.pdf
    • https://simondaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82360379349.pdf
    • https://partnyor.az/userfiles/file/65288874204.pdf
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f80aa5ccc95cb31a3f1ac33465acc124/dinizonugugek.pdf
    • https://phoenixknights.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44d96cc92f41bb52e73fb2aac07bd647/54578561535.pdf
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df5cfd616a---63933867234.pdf
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/file/18622232262.pdf
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ndpt2u0sdbdogntc73db518lro/poloweragu.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=game+of+thrones+the+queen%27s+justice
    • 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_off000118d5.bin
12f1d35ebbe1fded927d514968caf808867641eef2bdb35e7938985b48a4a042
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118D5 18136 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00014876.bin
fc196b8a8120624a7d541fee588b52bb45869dde93c946a8063857d87cb19fc1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14876 11004 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000161e6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x161E6 16792 bytes