Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eef2693ada860aa4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 13:19:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 191c0b05ff0e7929776240b16cd4ef29 SHA-1: 510559560d2567c6d711824c61d2f04122abd28f SHA-256: eef2693ada860aa46dfce8486d2d357ce092ce9ce47d2008b393f475b61309e5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to 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 PDF structure and heuristic firings point towards a malicious document, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for obfuscation or redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=literature+circles+handouts+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://china-zzld.com/uploadfile/file///2021062108001412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072fd9c1dd11---51516408240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettyloupaints.com/userfiles/files/18308832838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gyn-koe70.de/obrazky/file/gesunopuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://njbeihang.com/uploadfile/file///2021082618522384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fee1343bfe9---bolikuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wksx.top/images/userfiles/file/29909535747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjnep.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69817025861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097971f179fb---kupasojakexopeviweman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phutunggiahungoto.com/uploads/files/46764971260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enovosti.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73322478320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f98po38fnl79j7qimv4u5o9lak/mazijoxofuvawaxavaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a57d3998c14---wulikuxubezikesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auksozvynas.lt/userfiles/file/vomepapilopunokupefixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ab8e66e65b---91591515045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a9ae17727ccc626fc94fad15e8ea9e1/1159884039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projecthouse.bg/uploads/CKfinder/files/90308813908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atsamuihaus.com/image/upload/File/77997127637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apollopowersystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e34bab7d2e3a6838d6d85ec3dba84503/71258184804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merrygoldholidays.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuronapazakofaximuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608146c5c12e3---50827628043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10738cf985e1ab8264f0312aa1ce07c6/17168757151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongphuchuytai.com/upload/files/luzofim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbfa9eb8a19bcb1bd942eea149bcbdaf/28319149642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161092cbd07198---zudapesilarikonakazakiduk.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_off000103ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103EE 10776 bytes
SHA-256: 5be6ebf73f512081159b594de76353e9ff8fef714d2db4d800ab9765cb75a5a5
font_01_sfnt_off00011ca3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CA3 17032 bytes
SHA-256: 66f91f4b46889df7dc6e2ec5e7055d18b323b2b72f5a9cdea2a951472ac1774a
font_02_sfnt_off000148a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x148A3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1