Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eee8811130fd07f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-08-08 18:04:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: c1686202bff67393118fc3f0aaa49bdd SHA-1: adbb83fbdfac8da6ad51009c9e4679496453a3c4 SHA-256: eee8811130fd07f64bb7dbafcc39836ee0c0b3908a763787db6ce564ae528519
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document's content is intended to deceive users into taking an action, likely related to payment or an invoice. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely involving the download and execution of further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://mut-zur-veraenderung-hambuch.de/userfiles/file/paxurifakamaku.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/253f1256a0d220c8712e19a276d625c3/51139777177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.basur-tedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608153b7a0dfe---30044603344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xistenze.com/files/files/gojusizekudoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gencshoworganizasyon.com/upload/ckfinder/files/741152111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://showpalmedical.com/userfiles/wokugodimeruzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mlbcsimleague.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sepakesomor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e38cfb2f287c6813f2313207bd8fb667/zotokefarofide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c47e17e85d7---34244755060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niszczeniewaw.pl/userfiles/file/dujaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6b861d59c3f17ee2c4950f2746e6f7b/62731575752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viettelhaiphong.me/data/dulieu/files/30145359477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ea2d5d3dbe060c26260821e5d200ef8/83227864354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalyna.ua/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/wusizij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d8sf180cc8d61u9kvd5h0h05c/41351042383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reazfarah.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pakuwafifukokijopatufupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arrad.ch/modules/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kamedubugudop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranaghatpchsschool.org/userfiles/file/30852480658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lgihkg7e6aaien7jkmbnbeuctk/gewenexokimidabatejifapob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiunea-escape.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26336993263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaeiengkwpz6p.xn--p1ai/pub/file/fegoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbxab3abskk3a2j.xn--p1ai/media/file/76710423433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ypdtools.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/kowopivazezizab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usmleworkout.com/files/file/56253252430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=what+are+the+four+principal+qualitative+characteristics+of+financial+statementsPDF 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_off0000e8c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8C7 15944 bytes
SHA-256: 3231ac6c09165b23630ac8a8a49c056aa153c6ce967275b08f3568ab9de4ac62
font_01_sfnt_off000111fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111FB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012a12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A12 11052 bytes
SHA-256: 5eb0c747081602a4a52c628cf63f14946c5a0f8a8276347e16506cf8a5855774