Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ee598867f48ef51f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

123.0 KB Created: 2021-08-24 23:31:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 873364f85a5f88b232c792d754128860 SHA-1: 6a64c187ff93a2c9e3828fe1bb961b06380b559c SHA-256: ee598867f48ef51f53ea7e3b0ffc010e6e9e027bc3f0e90b87d60bac7d6dea4f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://hkbroadwin.com/userfiles/23633745796.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ad6743fb13---22007419873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e84fcfd00dc---musukekexudidelazemuvezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharaalpharetta.com/sites/default/files/file/23539088270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gruppocaminiti.it/userfiles/files/sumosuxomixevobomeram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnafarms.com/clients/864068/File/18613435875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chicagoalphas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c3e2636735---simixax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oneworldkarate.com/fckeditorimages/userfiles/file/botebavizutavarisatenaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bc-arman.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/noduja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acavacecio.it/userfiles/files/kiwemokafesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artasedanasingaraja.com/uploadfck/file/38934547773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0f287c154d7224f3aa3dd6d134a373b/59450160233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fc73d9ef6a---98996759407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emons-verlag.net/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/filusiludalapuvotetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4849fa0dc1c2c786002a0e222b6b276b/82133386650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a46daa538ff---91040079906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d9f95ad7f0a8daef53dac20355733c6/57454712497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160883134ac710---9252364887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089137169aef---3200796881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefarmatarapahoecounty.com/userimages/nodenanodozakibanub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodwellassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/004c39d3cae6f789dac5d6631227b8f3/97323046132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/32048411224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiavysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/49552097588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e549f57f255---xuduxeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=causes+of+child+labour+in+india+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://bit.ly/2YQXK0kIn 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_off00018086.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18086 17088 bytes
SHA-256: 75e1c3e0fdb876a016d723c4edbac88bfcc21bc851906d3e1aa236797ec99081
font_01_sfnt_off0001ad70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1AD70 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001c587.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C587 10892 bytes
SHA-256: e13e5f83ad17573fdb0c5fc16679cd8f32290ca5af4830c9e330cb800f38c263