Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4ee7d5ade5ea063c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-06-30 01:55:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 5cc79cf686896ad4d963a01e693dd618 SHA-1: 0715f4ea0fafc92326d0baf42656629197ce1a97 SHA-256: 4ee7d5ade5ea063cb7126c38f56899a2ff37e29d6ce0e8952cf35e7dfcc7f0a4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The presence of embedded URLs and the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristic strongly support this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://toptenstudy.com/upload/files/BodyFile__60D687402091D.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sckstone.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47136c7908e32f262757371f1c5381b8/mewukadegenowikezos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a98ff0a892d---43623277980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092f32c966cd---87699876516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ain1q4en8p9kh6lo3esrgqslm/rewufupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b53fcaa407dff6c18e3e08933eb9240a/jikotopuvogajogamusaxeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learningkey.org/userfiles/kazumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55ab09b38c2039f0cdc8bc78640e716e/lunelewusibigasolower.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d23ef70426---nakuwolunekibudevaneduxum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf88c128604---76529720112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dhs1970.com/clients/9/98/98bceae81adeaace0f0761aa7b0d12fa/File/xolaragebozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://narcisse.sk/editor_uploads/files/26745471161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakatka.com/files/file/livilidupafafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beastyenergy.com/userfiles/file/xotatutekorit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibmetiz.ru/upload_picture/nodivekuxunof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac446bdec4f---22655400529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibliothequedesarts.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20424871121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acc7b245566---43348311552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aytekinpolatel.com/image/files/80596119978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafbanafwvcftiqfecrg2a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/jodetowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d9f66715bd---bukozoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3colorjazz.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/8072168966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroisvias.ru/userfiles/file/57560205966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rollfactorytogo.com/uploads/files/fixaninunemajimem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=previous+year+ctet+paper+1PDF 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_off0000f5f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5F3 19500 bytes
SHA-256: 439016d64f0ad147cdada4082ccaa6be905616d6068b46ce0858bdcb87747a36
font_01_sfnt_off00012833.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12833 10552 bytes
SHA-256: 6af1d8d0725832802692522c4eeeee1fd30a08eb8564bd6a4c058f6423d842fa
font_02_sfnt_off00014092.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14092 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1