Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ee6117e4d361d32c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.8 KB Created: 2021-08-25 11:22:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ba100a503c0a8f20dd95c9244f59a953 SHA-1: b7a501d1f75e18e2eeef52a883b3ecda090db4ab SHA-256: ee6117e4d361d32ceacc4991a5656908bbd93ed4390349c375f3260ff5b570a8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links and the PDF structure suggest it's intended to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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://wsm.hk/images/uploadfiles/file/40980213703.pdf
    • https://maugli24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6366cf57f434106bc4bcaa74ad259903/4808176918.pdf
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e4d53b2b06---zaxolufavesevaru.pdf
    • http://verypool.cn/images/upload/File/mowesezenurodusesokap.pdf
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b66111b0906---89696956213.pdf
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca39a6513d---nufepuxakosavug.pdf
    • http://candientuvibra.com/images/file/33125553054.pdf
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fdeefe397d---72074101889.pdf
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o10otro5hdqm95ihrs1ndej665/vofinafelifi.pdf
    • https://autotronics.vn/userfiles/file/sodanarekez.pdf
    • http://nhatminhtrading.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/sewilipidurogani.pdf
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609df6d7f1ad4---14690299569.pdf
    • http://zhouzhuank.com/v15/Upload/file/202172322031855.pdf
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/mafakegaxixijedemegagu.pdf
    • http://metallpress.info/files/xosepiregeforetusudogur.pdf
    • http://tourbusan.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210825_B1A5E20469DECC99.pdf
    • http://drlalashow.com/php/billboard/uploads/file/16185264975.pdf
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aqeae43ur9fpkqqhaais5oove1/gipevupirelere.pdf
    • http://cokhixnktientien.com/Images_upload/files/96462697242.pdf
    • https://bibliothequedesarts.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92332123687.pdf
    • https://brs.jo/userfiles/files/nudefilexofatosa.pdf
    • http://wohntraumgmbh.at/weborenoxefotaf.pdf
    • http://arqing.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97047881137.pdf
    • https://www.ptlittleflower.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j503mebdoa3p6n61a0q32s7sb6/kewij.pdf
    • http://horizonpestservices.com/userfile/wunifubafuboxed.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=dynamic+initialization+of+constructor+in+c%2B%2B+with+example
    • 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_off0000b222.bin
2b535bc05fb6e8266ca7e42dbda51c893d352ee854ba6af94052532bc998a5f6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB222 14640 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d6f6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6F6 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef0d.bin
3b7f717670b6cd13af96cf4c27dbb3978f72a4aea6f415d73b7bc8fd9e7ed5e5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF0D 11208 bytes