Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ee44deb86773fb18…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-08-12 12:45:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: f6fcf5533d8c3efa263159ad33181367 SHA-1: d5868ebce8de430fe1bd72829ea89c79c0398e5c SHA-256: ee44deb86773fb181b87d6e99408b29c53547956d18546fb0221158944d1f45a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of phishing or malware distribution attempts.

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://teenvolunteerdallas.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db091d1ba2e8d334682acbc2bae98fe5/22245674337.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df4055aa1f3---51388957731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riggi.ru/userfiles/file/nevexamuvexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jirehenl.com/userfiles/file/221922212715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac98a135ff1---nosekujodofuwevolijod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unicaconsultoriarh.com/images/files/24422183485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/teddpuj3uh0bimg5li9tcqm6ju/62082098807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2199c73a8ddea6f48da99dd1a5a024da/wagejajonakelenizid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pasted-radio.de/web/files/42915124049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c69b9a6310b6c8f06027e824bb351e39/bugegazoneso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mid-europe-ex.com/images/blog//file/80979828952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mitsubishilongbien.vn/images/ckeditor/files/limeritunizadazugezesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdbchurch.com/clients/43262/File/63294157449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teaandtiarasottawa.com/clients/e/e8/e8f54e69a7463df9fd0adff13cd8e90f/File/65502860357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khogiaydantuonghanquoc.com/images/news/file/70670342377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pushgroup.lv/userfiles/files/melajaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/179bffceb7775c6ccdd615b72be91511/70299542010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://janjoling.com/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11629488795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089d43487e50---zisasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ks-zahnarztpraxis.de/upload/files/38479862931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edsmithestate.com/clients/8/8f/8fcea3baa00381bb68ca4dcda22eb4c7/File/xusafasowukevop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092d31f1d6ca---46199890260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160988accd6951---76488138556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vi4lofhipghoamfened357v6k1/jesezafepufidebaliwix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=libro+de+matematica+cuarto+grado+primaria+minedu+2020PDF 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_off0000d7ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7CE 11080 bytes
SHA-256: 6cfa173f64952f11aa07c0a529ac0d626e3dfa6d34689b0f5f2fb40e1fa66268
font_01_sfnt_off0000f13a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF13A 18004 bytes
SHA-256: 34d4316103e756f4e7be1afe07a36c21f0679d0a14bf97c44c9ec221989d5667
font_02_sfnt_off00011f42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F42 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1