Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ee5d3c812d5f689a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-07-30 08:11:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: a3a2c3460563ea85dc7d82d6742e4212 SHA-1: 467675b39e7a3559ea9965889bba7260c734a0b1 SHA-256: ee5d3c812d5f689aec590763e5a81c6f23c73829394e3f7bc9492a65c80b4451
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to websites hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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://thuaphatlailongthanh.com/upload/contentFile/minhchau/file/ruraviwef.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71309927a80fb91805cdb2943f5cfdb4/wirowusasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nonbodepsg.com/uploads/files/61722571387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aykutemlak.com/upload/ckfinder/files/tonirimeligevojejov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cac90e10d2---40890591208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b56116f0a45---jaravoniwategunodibojet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ca57151e607bb5b8a4b3430ef56662d/2644406595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sacmacbook.net/userfiles/file/dinawekevin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1939125ed914f7682bfaf2201d63c2e4/gegumugogiboxolivegotike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursakaynak.net/userfiles/file/57603303302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160836c7ba9720---wuxunevevum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a90338c3fc---88419415333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipic.vn/userfiles/file/94138987489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vrlk7ekk3have99eft1728juuf/supiduxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55ea58e4b417faf07010e8f009d60d26/manodakoresa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.huntsvillepr.com/files/files/85173963991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esistore.lu/userfiles/file/xezidileponimotebikipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1960whs.com/clients/7/73/73384dfd0d582a2861cf356c55c3c578/File/77636878261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160856acd72b39---feboxoguzitexeponival.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c979ab7a8dc---lotidisisuremogagepuzame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=vocabulary+exercises+6th+grade+pdfPDF 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_off0000ed23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED23 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010535.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10535 17380 bytes
SHA-256: 5c5f4d2c385f261b0437032b0545999ca83f636874c9215a5a1890b52ff3458c
font_02_sfnt_off00013292.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13292 11388 bytes
SHA-256: 0fde290681d878771d5d5ce728b5cd1f8e32478d294ce8b02a35bfab5a1ba7e2