Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e7ec6b8d1c3cc4b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-08-21 19:17:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 70ec7cc0cc2ec32cac41ee5c36bb9584 SHA-1: 8f1a6537f6be8420e25c74eac8c93a6224a1da86 SHA-256: e7ec6b8d1c3cc4b48a25e41e29710d6d4912625da4e367f86981c7a6bceeffaa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, likely intended to redirect users to malicious content. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be generated by wkhtmltopdf, suggesting it's not intended for direct user reading but rather as a vehicle for the embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://drairtools.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kawikoguvexetipuk.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://natur-pet.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pulirupogevelipepures.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shayangroup.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60e74940f9f869a464fbcd93b5d72fee/gogirizejubavepisivijagag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rapabzenec.cz/obrazky/files/51451522072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl1971.com/clients/5/51/517263f0417f9379c67e6eba0e0bdfe8/File/ruradawodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glbtrader.com/userfiles/file/95228372987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078bf343e0d1---tokuwugupejepemamafaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d880b8130d5---wererisanemodakuvov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmhu.eu/uploads/uplib/file/52104371428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rittenhousesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fe50423d61e24e49fec43359f830ba4/95600005881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanurichurch.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lusidajox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sudhirsachdevaclasses.com/ci/userfiles/files/42685065591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flixgolf.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bawijamefejetimetez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalnoboy.com/data/filestorage/upload/files/35814580432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2k2pca7n5ia7o30t6u1pdermcn/29222820914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://refta-bg.com/userfiles/file/55211123598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruoumoc.com/upload/files/74889579133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viettincapital.vn/upload/files/mobuvegisen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a940172ddab---11261798353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geoodwierty.pl/files/file/vukub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dynamic1984.com/user_file/file/sawizorasejatekilitere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/jilafizelusev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolecasetta.it/userfiles/files/wudano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609479864ab22---gusisiwevakor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086dfa73ff7e---babasexulepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=what+are+smart+objectives+in+nursingPDF 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_off0000dc31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC31 11060 bytes
SHA-256: b14da3461a7579d0fffeedc198fcadc74c24cecb4d524aa1f59a33ad7ae1866b
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5D6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010de8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DE8 17112 bytes
SHA-256: 289c90da4513b2bacaed807f90ce6b6e84b1bef2e2581f1fef08d4e4de198619