Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ee472e22ca533098…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-07-02 21:31:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: aeaa44f159ccb4a7b793e2ce68f25322 SHA-1: 58e43da335e3e6b1a3f7172f5ff9126aeee46971 SHA-256: ee472e22ca5330987db979c640770c2b174f5b122de44c19e991b72aa96f3f7a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document's content is designed to trick the user into taking action, likely by clicking one of the embedded URLs. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=procurement+in+tagalog PDF link annotation
    • http://exclusivelimoservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75069240788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anfauglir.com/images/file/timimubugejoroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelsi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gemulafenuzafaranemorudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phenix-security.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c8b56b391d---rodanizirowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609115eac48c6---vidofebenisulewemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a06cc59d28---93387065445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1b2bd108c---jojanikiwekubogidelotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biotop-zamosc.pl/userfiles/file/28414388627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7bf9e07380---40784309297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab63b3d0deb---8568305865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082563032583---25921341017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceresasrl.it/userfiles/files/linamokapilowejenofog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a04c46cae2e---72151222886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praguetransfer.com/files/file/nosezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074fed171090---37912346891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3d8946264ff12eb8f28ba48495265ed/5089547832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf0543a7925---45478625797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackielaw.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/48958575871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uurki937uhu7dninc8cncgj503/95669140487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boucherienabli.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/89321839225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagatjyotischool.org/jagatjyotischool/userfiles/file/92299697839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/umi9k20f20a28tvc7fjhv2vs72/ritezapikup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puppometalli.eu/file/68345712905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nexxosrealty.com/userfiles/files/duxixajawol.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_off0000f886.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF886 10504 bytes
SHA-256: 5748008a2bf94c25725967d1bb00a1bdc2da1e5a89ecd5f746f2ac12738f32f6
font_01_sfnt_off00011060.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11060 18328 bytes
SHA-256: ef927589d17d6068bacf66ba8c6a0aa9b440172fbc6f3edfdb3e8d9d78467e40
font_02_sfnt_off00013fbf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FBF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1