Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ee57b2919076719d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.5 KB Created: 2021-08-28 01:33:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: aded1922f89b90e811325d52beec8323 SHA-1: 4786d89b9840c90b4b25c81e84f2888ccacc70ea SHA-256: ee57b2919076719d53320fe4c0ed65adf75b6ad3c03274fdaa39a83917edb537
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a common PDF-based lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9934

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=a+few+seconds+later
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b0057d8dc2---zefafafivupawozugimute.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b6b2706dc---nijafusosewukixavenok.pdf
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85080be7293f56bccd239c5d13aa8312/6708749584.pdf
    • http://mtsskzy.com/userfiles/file/71902900305.pdf
    • http://busankid.com/webfiles/board/file///saduvukapikavazomasutewoz.pdf
    • https://agentcctv.com/userfiles/file/venaras.pdf
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c859f9ea7b---19901200857.pdf
    • http://austria-ex.com/images/blog//file/zerirefaguduzajuwotijoj.pdf
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092557a9c963---zowefajo.pdf
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a107c2a098045b53a4fd764eaa8369f9/15379402148.pdf
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33h3vc0prun7gbgd1t2sdoupmi/7335524039.pdf
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c6b85daa3f---fokikuwofo.pdf
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u32qjbafgde29i45chs6jpklg7/jajuxozusebixix.pdf
    • http://www.juniorcollege.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24119126451.pdf
    • http://gsprojekt.eu/userfiles/files/jamawomapivujamuvupijud.pdf
    • http://dragonspond.com/uploads/files/12461512410.pdf
    • https://maintogelonline.info/contents/files/fonopirobejopapijugakun.pdf
    • http://mega.kz/media/upload/files/bagudojogo.pdf
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dd6589fcfa---95475008959.pdf
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/89613309934.pdf
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92238373c3254e73d6866dae3ecc4836/guwimetamusod.pdf
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbde3d588c5bd6827ddf50685162f807/31165534002.pdf
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d98b0c87ee62941de1c0d77f747124f/wavunuzebarodorogulep.pdf
    • https://anhhuynoithat.com/asset/files/vilogawesebeto.pdf
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bf1ab90616---jojekademefefidux.pdf
    • http://eiak.org/upload/editor/files/fumabakenokagofob.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c91e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC91E 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e130.bin
6e7f6753e02742cfb84565b10d1f4eac2081bd7340090935d310dc3b89391dde
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE130 16272 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010b79.bin
0212fd805235d1e66fcfe8b2917f010693615ff8a556cfb8f18b429f4544333d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B79 10444 bytes