Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dee0dc01638a3ee4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 15:50:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 6b3b6b599a42e51a73c7e523757e06c2 SHA-1: b347401e051ce0fbc0b0233ff5a8f81622029e56 SHA-256: dee0dc01638a3ee433a178d6e0309a77fc34e6deb1da4c41b7d42ea73670339a
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of 'utm_term' parameters in some URLs indicates a potential SEO-based lure to attract victims.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=convert+amazon+kindle+to+pdf+mac PDF link annotation
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3a25f37bee---voxabepowibonado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e84391e6fe---setum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n7tsvge5dtv53v35cdk5gpuv8e/lakezogafufukurebij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zamaro.cz/images/fcke_files/file/lejoboselopipedaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c992e2bb378---xudexomudesezorasetileguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exosportsante.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuzepufotisaxadimupim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://air-separation-supplier.com/d/files/83140632158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jorakaygame.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58760227085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3768b6e1c6742ad3164e05fc02750030/jamewilegobidaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bearings-home.com/userfiles/file/bosirizezobefoxaladin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sapaethnic.com/webroot/img/files/13785216942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eviljoy.com/UserFiles/File/jaxuvapurax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b3c8318f3f---51045105407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kielcenoca.pl/files/file/24446628521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://textolinguisticsolutions.com/upload/editor/file/1728224023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd160895688---jixofupebonegudizuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomaszfilipczak.pl/userfiles/file/wuvidubapejudosetena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mazurubezpieczenia.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/sidijepinaxon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudateconmigo.cl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a2d50fe0f7c1a1f4f5ffc3a425adb0c/xafetefevogenikufiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mt-filtration.com/uploaded/file/1926335343612abe4c7c08a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://copingconversations.com/userfiles/file/fibalaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozari-ua.com/files/file/8997804449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siamintertrade.com/file_media/file_image/file/64437700601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matras-devison.com/upload/file/28799186605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/782bb6a452757b12ef12d0114f54a356/46201639675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b1b9e4bf8---xakatudufowiwipevutarej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e6be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6BE 17900 bytes
SHA-256: fe00004f4667edb300821ae2152b98595311e3d1c7c2d564ba214279c2e21dcd
font_01_sfnt_off000114e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114E3 10860 bytes
SHA-256: 4da4e071abe23929822f3d0643744804ae062b2f3af66c3ee28a72b7c8611f94
font_02_sfnt_off00012e0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E0E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1