Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ee16857b34fc5bed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

117.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 10:13:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 062a0c33c0f1d9802cb608b86db7a30d SHA-1: d7f87446b0de051b210451213b64a137c3ae9edb SHA-256: ee16857b34fc5bedabb1887c8b2d93323ed36fa9320453bf4ac3495c1fb91d48
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or download further payloads. Several heuristics indicate the document is part of a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=a+placebo+is+an+actual+treatment PDF link annotation
    • http://huntland.hu/upload/file/lozexogedotibobanawunuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praguetransfer.com/files/file/nevatufelisodorazuxifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dccfb8ee3d92a1ce7a8e19eda23cc30e/25467739908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skybuildinfraprojects.com/uploads/7759098104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092792452c75---1972537450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://permagnet.com/upload_files/file/210806184341369949uh22no.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supair-lux.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46758077676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087c67ef233b---37991946126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profipreklady.cz/www/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5781707573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruihuitax.com/files/file/widikoreberedibofam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076a74763ba1---gozumox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turystyka.powiatlubartowski.pl/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rokizekivivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac9a2e230437ad004a9ffa8c93acb889/8228908384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57fd6ba29265d5ef93391444483df95a/lenedenusojotorujem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5c82be9f73d3c79020c29bc96c25bde/pozajimegibolenubotelobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biotanika.pl/upload/file/lexoxaxusel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abc-tel.ru/data/File/loberelawafazodafupabuxor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eksiliotomotiv.com/upload/ckfinder/files/rikexeriwese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentalclinicbangalore.com/uploads/56849578392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7el3p8j9n55cuj7pjnduqbh4e5/96876984852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobistore.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2243eb1d2b0c971ff307c590d71faa15/44656327470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olgapolyakova.de/files/files/78523511751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kokurasofasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smit-electronic.hr/upload/datoteke/63521047664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-klub.dk/userfiles/file/79869779835.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_off00016078.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16078 20656 bytes
SHA-256: 16b4ba30f693965ff149e658fd916737d54b586ba8d0d8f9571302a36a2f7347
font_01_sfnt_off000196a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x196A4 10756 bytes
SHA-256: 01366faa5a65c7654e991b36ec586682d99bec733c8014367c6f0a6bac7cb502
font_02_sfnt_off0001af37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1AF37 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1