Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ee11265161693fb2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-08-21 09:15:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 4d7b4896491979d467fc80a83334542a SHA-1: 519e4b57120153d92336d53abe8002700e77412b SHA-256: ee11265161693fb282bacd049983043ba3da988d1ca58173bdbdd0175650235a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the intent to trick users into downloading files. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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 https://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=manorama+year+book+2020+pdf+download+in+english PDF link annotation
    • http://pwmtqatar.net/userfiles/file/96112665871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suara.ru/img/file/notol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whatproperty.ng/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54854500461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evpltravel.com/xv_image/file/38276650316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burstallconrad.com/editor_files/file/1221247089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/639152d5ede35bba194e0b68d8737ad3/fegalibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debden.org/userfiles/file/bedinumixigutazop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160948b01899de---volumepitapepozilogugejiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanhacollection.com/images/files/werirudolovurezakoxoloro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilovegabal.net/fckeditor/_upload/file/dasozabesaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volamtuyetthe.com/userfiles/file/turirogupoverirubuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asckhn.com/acskhn/userfiles/file/xeredipak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weeb.nu/userfiles/file/88424259646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gndpta.eu/news_objects/files/suratovuvevid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szao-spb.ru/images/news/file/83503014011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steelbo.com/uploads/admins/u0/files/20210625092132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharageorgia.com/sites/default/files/file/17788336120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businesslife.com/content/file/vatabag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9acff68f85---47379210892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaies.net/upfiles/210813040402764304zc5zkk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/misewijaburunex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gpmpoolandspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tawogigoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cyuanmei.com/userfiles/file/61165294839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purofirstli.net/userfiles/file/68277161532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artospace.com/pics/file/bekuzozusipomijek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinag7furniture.com/app/webroot/files/editor_upload/files/11993220056.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_off0000edcf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDCF 11512 bytes
SHA-256: 7369895763996bbb33d55f9d5239032a906b122b9cb96b1534a2036a9832224b
font_01_sfnt_off00010887.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10887 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012099.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12099 17560 bytes
SHA-256: a02df441f685164b66b92adf266e73c1c667ec490241d522f52c346d931ae6bf