Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eed5a1d723da28c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-08-01 05:58:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 30c576eeb66f1c6c290b40cfa4e96ac2 SHA-1: d340e2cfe360ede5c5cd3f6f2ffaba007b1d3b12 SHA-256: eed5a1d723da28c1cda051bfee10e00cfc3027eadd6e86af49709ec4e231da79
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document delivery mechanisms.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

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://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j4isbhfehdb253mj7vinsfqtbo/15794694577.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ekolojikweb.net/upld/userfiles/file/diwiwigatulobalivive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099c7a9a8d8f---tozalol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenbrier101.com/userimages/nulife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae0f0d524d4---64175459962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://locktactyuma.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dumuvudekosufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b799435cdc3225e997272fd2149d5a8/97213636155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://d4sontario.com/clients/e/ed/ed023a0734c265ca673a92d1d81de675/File/3997795819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073e72616d7c---fubomorijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medius.sk/userfiles/file/78236763151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088fad02fbac---6663798788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wignaccent.com/FCKeditor_2.6.3/userimages/file/20210617194323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipic.vn/userfiles/file/70713601746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607be0816e318---zusifer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8eeb2c83e8f510e8bfb480c54a65a3af/miwaligobosikijuzoferamev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085722bc2aa2---kewudoxaxudamezobak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b50cebe950e---58873111298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3b5348f320---83188038188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aceitunasdelguadalhorce.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95426016940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridaholidayplanner.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4992069a94894fce36243f9b25bf2cfe/48397243001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=free+printable+learning+worksheets+for+2+year+oldsPDF link annotation
    • http://s292376414.onlinehome.fr/datas/imgmail/file/98002611067.pdfIn 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_off0000f616.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF616 11308 bytes
SHA-256: 2c33bbdff8ea3d914f706062c5fe43050b54482cb8dae9e6dda5c06ea14b5e23
font_01_sfnt_off00011041.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11041 17332 bytes
SHA-256: 71b4a6f9e156dc9f73581ea31f801effd0ed1a4defcbda5a4c45cef4d04f27f5
font_02_sfnt_off00013d6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D6E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1