Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eee782011420aa09…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 06:57:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ffee6c0bc37849cc5dec68cee01ab98c SHA-1: 698f7a949cbb6b0e1e4c6dd1dbaab2731005cad7 SHA-256: eee782011420aa09ddb22b241638c55ba646388be9302bcf4ac349d286d50870
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and embedded links are characteristic of a malicious PDF designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9934

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 https://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=blank+behavior+chart+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l7f4nftousj3vnc4pb7dso2mlg/mikafevokafawofowefevoras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d905b9b940---38282961066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d652bf1497---89311121234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vejwun.cz/images/vofosokubapiderepasana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mygotour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210611_0B2C500166194BF2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhahangbienhaitien.com/uploads/files/24959970044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rhodeislandalpha.com/clients/56223/File/xuzaxuxenovud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8ee7b0237a---12836373927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a120e88bb93---55776472367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sahrugs.com/userfiles/file/73290762692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c4aae258ddeb4c9273724f2af5a6ad7/fuvitawipaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smg.bid/ckfinder_userfiles/files/dadafunokemuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westtech1963.com/clients/d/d4/d4250bc21dcbbf02d7f9bc68df143add/File/71542496043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heninrealty.com/userfiles/files/kasonoworenebofifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7hfkg7pmfc4s4r63seh7025n54/jifetasolelatif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/408504de51c80e0558bf292e260c4a3b/20113541937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rainbowfurnitures.com/files/files/veturuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sjoeuqt22shaesv9ie5jubt73i/roxulolukitisas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--z4qq44i.xn--kpry57d/upload/actfiles/gawev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seanmore.com/userData/board/file/wizuwijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608153196e130---95622423757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theprintfactoryvietnam.com/uploads/files/bitesimuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://margheritango.it/userfiles/file/rajofalinazete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infracsap.hu/files/file/70493984571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0fe033420753f1d6b0535c37c8b6f009/masekukupilokuxoboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085b63729995---zerebofapel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-souz.com/userfiles/file/98494453932.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_off0000c2b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC2B9 16680 bytes
SHA-256: 67da6a009d3e7bbec3fd4936b59f7d4346b9a37f6dca1e5b86014515ae457c7f
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED3D 10900 bytes
SHA-256: abf3249bb7f4267b45345c928c509bec43a84444faa877a3f3f2dd8dafa4bb1e
font_02_sfnt_off00010635.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10635 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1