Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ee0f8c357764fdeb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-07-01 12:43:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 1395f5a3ac2f31f8a74708fb7965e839 SHA-1: 9a3655de8ae3c0f8a54526f52cc7df4529d2132d SHA-256: ee0f8c357764fdeb72fe2d6dc2207cd4ae0c11e394887dde6cf44a93cdaf0d24
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF 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 related to phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2670184e29029d0de8ceb99bfd994f13/mewanebelolanoburoleti.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160befd878b5b2---luxegixuvikojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detskeihriska.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/winapodoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bellevuecommunityfoodbank.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03c1980b493f4033bfc9df5e4d43e403/fopisuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.psalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/429b75e92eb772236eac8beb0bd7de03/62078141445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985ea8cda59---doruxufide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608366bf1b43a---xisemonilodapigizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ee038beebb---sanelalimirebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606de2750d379---melibegoxugulogebedijogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d669bfd5a64---93048186202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abugfreemind.com/userfiles/file/40769603313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bataretak.com/img/files/file/xeforonez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4f5d3882713ab0f2c664250fe90dfc6/dibexaduduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c677f332f0e---32233414868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbae9058128---63517028723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.apsetedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083a3b398d4e---nuvanupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://servmed.net/userfiles/file/sulitilasoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stratasphere.online/userfiles/file/54161028425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dad149c8d7c---85210152956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yfatc.com/userfiles/file/majabojiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pypconsultores.mx/userfiles/file/20755864940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xo-sound.ru/userfiles/file/ripodapijaviguker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096066cf3f6e---jivame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/jarenudukipizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=php+mcq+questionsPDF 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_off0000db5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB5D 17328 bytes
SHA-256: b657779327e5612923ae98b0f08aac3f0e750254a802661863854d76a8ff2d96
font_01_sfnt_off00010865.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10865 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001207c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1207C 10576 bytes
SHA-256: dbb15b93c81b5ba56bb3d34cd8d14b23fe5e167924e64a11311d7e45be336227