Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ee554157e05f2cc5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-07-04 22:54:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 0b3b967d512ee68e7f715fb973ecdfac SHA-1: 773cd522d0cf6fc261c3bc8d3c0ef1d7fe28e1aa SHA-256: ee554157e05f2cc5c8fc798260fa3431e6772c4dfddf3cc30e30286593a61003
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised CMS upload storage suggests the document is designed to lure users to malicious sites. The primary attack vector is likely spearphishing, with the PDF serving as an attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d98a009c37---18913222535.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hc5oshm3sobj2ku5cgi70831uc/31036750335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tkegnfodg0ohcj06gct2r78vsg/nedugozolubovireraguje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dwhs79.com/clients/15834/File/batopal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kfhi9980heugbd3ei4m8t099mm/24668532488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f605c32d2bee25e1ae69a1d686b1b1f1/12493397863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a34cfb3e8e5---belepajese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0298b147df328a10d1f815d17f851f1/moloxotas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytalk7.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/3338474129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tycoonmedical.com/userfiles/file/mezaxonexaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gagiongvitgiong.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55283329289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160821ab686ac5---gumivuxuvojez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacola.com/upload/files/filutiruvake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saharun.org/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gogizuzoxuxojesofaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.greenbriarpropmgmt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbae9adb4950f48adc81a83195463d09/vagobujagexalavidova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2qnpskju1boh4uj7d1v2njtemh/pomoluramerilegeduvojarod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf811c157a537cca13f372dbb2d4e42b/88277916016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://syuncyoku.jp/upload/file/buzanadaxemobegamafimopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sehersirin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160785d53a27b8---pavafofogigopifamoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608943c12b9d3---53372280275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8b426adc23---wuzagepukulejugozawulet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albarossa.jp/js/upload/files/xazeratuwizosudadaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imssp.by/data/images/fxeditor/file/zedinudulofinuvidapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7c7cb0736bc4ae6bf4da3ed4eb2e07a/70402673474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+use+ultimate+super+smash+brosPDF 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_off0000ee38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE38 19820 bytes
SHA-256: 99df8a62a6bc61f0082294dc23df2a772bc27962f8e98787ea111f71fb89bb47
font_01_sfnt_off00011fb9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FB9 10728 bytes
SHA-256: fa53d1ed85e668cde485fab5845027d0d15b2704d21ab1d07f80b852f2258317
font_02_sfnt_off0001382a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1382A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1