Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ea66ea17f63aebc3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-08-22 04:52:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 9b753c798d9b949a837e1c662c3f6413 SHA-1: 0ce07356ba55eb2f467caacc9a096c9cb2e69c55 SHA-256: ea66ea17f63aebc39f50ecf86c2cfabc6f386fe2444473892bf0d9a5a7b0c151
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms and appear to be part of a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm heuristics suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611abb046fc54---vanopalamader.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7go0gh3kdfjefj5nbu0cnmbsjs/dopimev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinturasoltra.com/images/slider/files/1170228894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acb426aa8ad---sejilogokiguped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaushalango.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/64224619422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f638bd6946---vibosajozafexanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66e07a3244305587735887bc19a4a928/vogowetiperewud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toanthinh.vn/webroot/img/files/53823934344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c95ed927cdb---pawoludelofitozurik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0b4725a84f---latukefevemobunora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/622b39aa457fc30bb7b2c99ff325b502/51375245451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abzesolar.com/uploads/files/gosasefupakunejeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thinkhigh-tech.com/d/files/pidaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a75f082444---rajozizutavimabufovitegal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8497cd257d---wixuzudazerume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa2aa633394---vudugizowamekusopuxalelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/794mbmqbo9l07akjpcf31uhqk8/13366816212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lyzebrno.cz/userfiles/file/21868492873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asfalon.com/__files/file/77436250212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotelamoha.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eca41aabcda---vobibewipusilurum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9113b63160875b510c883a8bc8f4cbb8/24925319545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f5c0108c1a---tevizififopizegerobotod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shiphangnhanh.net/uploads/image/files/burepunafoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hojoairport.com/images/file/46123030868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mf6ub51u36g6m94hniui01aojg/56698444115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=you+have+won+the+victory+lyrics+full+gospel+baptist+churchPDF 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_off0000cfd8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFD8 18836 bytes
SHA-256: f17792384d5582dadf103f19a4c62c22ff03395eb49819226e9fa98d0f18fc5e
font_01_sfnt_off0001007e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1007E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011895.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11895 11248 bytes
SHA-256: 7cf7a3cc47895bf35e8a70f63ea04d30db8d8e97b30ed2130603aa426a20a831