Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ee1e6317b5e7c7d8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-08-03 02:37:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: fd1816f723034fcb74e10e390e7cd4a2 SHA-1: f29f71ad126a618a783ab788c17d8dae0b799d91 SHA-256: ee1e6317b5e7c7d83fa48d2fde63efefaf223210e9d1ed9d91a433df714933aa
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the linked domains suggest a campaign to redirect users to malicious content.

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ulysses+poem+interpretation PDF link annotation
    • http://wmc21.com/ckupload/files/befumuzivefumuluxofame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thriftstorewebsites.com/flash/thriftstorewebsites.com/file/22730678426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fpsh1980.com/clients/7/7d/7de5299bd6bdc19cdd6b275c058e9c4a/File/dixima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abjf32rickiab0ncfit12nbek7/40930592814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608153b8d14dc---86113905181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160701932d2edf---lotijivojabuteku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itandem.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nanezovuguvugojurapijasak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://go-pxl.com/uploads/files/46605337061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopetrilli.it/userfiles/files/xipazanulukanovubitise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cb4a0a887363f7377e683e42e87e790/belomibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmaciafasolis.eu/userfiles/files/nadukutomozexosetudoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.delaneyllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bunorunugogegutafuvuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/594a930f403ce3795b134f0e04594997/kukusinigab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01ekin46celcf5jldig4cii1k1/17657325052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b13a3c11876---fafagumidukizutixodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pellevah.com/upload/files/59866953784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caror.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lavigijekiwoluluxif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160814da11749a---duxegegomoludil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seanmore.com/userData/board/file/341317289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dfec3887e40---71084866733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogotowienaukowe.com/Upload/file/62038704891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aneri12.eu/res/file/8521954790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3a0c695014---31580146520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progfin.pl/userfiles/file/kopexupivefugoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ufolep-69.com/contenus/files/55874117046.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_off0000f1b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1B9 17172 bytes
SHA-256: 211033d8e9424b1471586e730a34d0acab0eaea8fe8d911b402b5464615692cf
font_01_sfnt_off00011e0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E0E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013625.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13625 10532 bytes
SHA-256: 28712cd581a25eddfaf14991613f529571b8dc0c01b0d013e024ac9c8cbbee9b