Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ee518852baaa98fa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.5 KB Created: 2021-07-24 17:34:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: d56b79d7790ab9b072e7c4bb45292375 SHA-1: b1727bcfc00185840967cf51f0df9ebcb10c3e9e SHA-256: ee518852baaa98fa3f1a54849a634148260dc56b3416536a54dc9163f56c67d8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm directing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The PDF structure and numerous external links suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 http://movementlab.dk/userfiles/file/mimadifilirideda.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3b609c83beff7bcb7f42f43ed12f8d7/7967246311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambientltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/709eacaf032fea1aefde36272cf67569/varel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f2dd789f04---pezeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ssteelelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/xujog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072badb37b1c---kutabibezef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmagame.com/userfiles/file/punaxowopumatunubig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079b3ba9691a---wevutimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cellesekorea.com/ckupload/files/mikomoxaxibatepazalofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prtl.pl/userfiles/file/4346674378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96e5f33efb7aa0b09e6cc469784e800a/31426367226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c84ae0a3fa---pugesum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullcolorspandoeken.nl/userfiles/file/99432754001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a0eed906a5---podakudewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e863e0ad90412582426e130ccf94359/47118530342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ellerbeefamilyreunion.com/clients/874543/File/92041617620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cdea949964---figusotomedubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baraanduliaptti.org/userfiles/file/34924397102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seasonsblinds.com/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pozalokisubabox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i7q91pt0rugquch83am00msi8m/zejafapofixojen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c7fd09e00e---97836112957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=french+present+subjunctive+practicePDF 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_off000102cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102CF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011ae1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AE1 19116 bytes
SHA-256: 95bd24fe42d7dd01109ede000f0619f7df5bc3229871d5db27457c7bc8a72d33
font_02_sfnt_off00014b1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B1B 10716 bytes
SHA-256: 781c62ad738edce74110c4a69648809acf532e6035fcbbf4ec92a3501ab5d6ac

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