Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ee607b9703668050…

MALICIOUS

PDF

133.1 KB Created: 2021-07-28 07:53:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 9ab5ebfa7c9f66e27534481734d541b8 SHA-1: 6959830bc08d1650ef099990e3bbf917b68c5bf5 SHA-256: ee607b97036680508a06ae7bf0e5435636cd1473ce481a8b2073a7e84377ab40
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting sites. The presence of external URIs and link farm heuristics indicates an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9959

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608052efe6093---lakowivajavojano.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d61c75ef4e661b795d348c474af55c0/45889390932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapli74.ru/upload_picture/62950078048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sivam.pl/files/file/sebosimaxujas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cga82.com/admin/File/tetotepewavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freetds.net/userfiles/file/jejunoxisavafiduxolurebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ec2f9d706e---kegovuxujojoginidebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073f7d70bdbe---retudavaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b43e2835dc2---52480139537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wghsclassof69reunion.com/clients/b/b3/b33699c65747f61a54cd06c2fab73d22/File/69911130744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wallacewilliamsfamilyreunion.net/clients/6/66/662ca4338cd1fa41fa93b88222973dc6/File/wonulofazonafalebom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.org/userfiles/file/7995794171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrelandberg.com/userfiles/file/wadexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imailbox.nl/images/uploadedimages/file/49160298741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fe50a3c134---99992408316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fcd81e3359---kanibagunivaxadavotumuwig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba77f29bbd3b5b08de78e685d04af0c6/fugikidemobubizupib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankurgroups.com/userfiles/file/28603655678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c4064e0e44---zasakudatilazapizijosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bronia.org/userfiles/file/jemuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/kufodir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073dda08d65b---80721761633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edubox.mn/uploads/users/0/files/32307601076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd91ac77d83---bufapupaseboxupejox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=pegasus+spyware+apk+downloadPDF 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_off00019af1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19AF1 22328 bytes
SHA-256: b823cc1e97408d2f9bff9f00cffb51daab57f7d9df36bd74deaa4aa81c42a768
font_01_sfnt_off0001d33b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D33B 10768 bytes
SHA-256: b983b309f8cd3ee94fcc7da5482aa2693ddc726c49b7da84aea0dedd29843c4d
font_02_sfnt_off0001ec0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1EC0C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1