Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ee9c92289c683f28…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 08:53:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 9e88afa17581d8161aa5191d03c57c28 SHA-1: ea98751b61b71b4dfc71ca8ea75059bec2e34ccc SHA-256: ee9c92289c683f28af41f32f6bb7040b7a2badcb919e5e0b08ed4ea4309b6afd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites utilizing the Formcraft plugin for file uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document's structure suggests it's designed to lure users into clicking these links, which are hosted on potentially compromised infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://aktifimmo.lu/userfiles/files/68209407594.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e1319e726c2---bixukebegurun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071675433402---4194217851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1b8df89439---80235897210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607006cbe1022---vijonebuwupapukejotob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7bc748f818---losomufuxanosokatigesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshamiltrading.com/alshamilfiles/file/somovaresoxezatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d01aad87da---38489498313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mayxaydunghoangphuc.com/userfiles/files/20138918387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e717ba4bc52---barelejunivarovev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camptagola.com/clients/66689/File/puvozeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9f2574673d---tezoxazizixemaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otartufo.com/ckfinder/tartufofiles/files/66580226606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af784e3cc39---ziwipufarefelixolonajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtvxm.vn/userfiles/file/74825180122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extracam.es/app/webroot/arxius/file/pinefozotarutojit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyldkj.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/40576033211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/25316136478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scilights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67ccdc13d4ba2e22a4c1a5c82b69433f/jilomizogasesunorim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bualuang101.com/backoffice/upload/files/44355527736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palaciodelosnavas.com/userfiles/file/fexazemawugixolupitilabiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d841cafae5---94754974792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herborgthailand.com/file_media/file_image/file/23167109374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southwestlooms.com/admin/userfiles/files/9136136382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=homes+for+sale+in+maypearl+txPDF 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_off0000cde0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDE0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5F7 10724 bytes
SHA-256: d26781a5364a519e20b8123db570ee88b7d48f254782ec0448cae432bd3107de
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE8E 17092 bytes
SHA-256: 8d58f2500fa1bad051d1b479efcb79243e28e3e469d035156769ad21d493559e

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