Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1eedaa837b4b3b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.5 KB Created: 2021-06-26 17:49:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 074131abcfc27bd873633fda2de24bf0 SHA-1: 3c0bfdda3db9ad5df805b336a650c954f5bfb3d3 SHA-256: f1eedaa837b4b3b9ce70e1ac3186f78302825ce37695a7871de34bb87ec80e82
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of embedded URLs and the PDF structure itself, despite the lack of readable document body text, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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=baveja+microbiology+6th+edition+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • http://cesurmakina.com/userfiles/file/pominolodutowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160908747c7245---36115206321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jucal.es/images/file/sinosevufisutejorabinune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67995b55f2540a9b50417a297d4eb17b/59202465948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a07e5dff9660884f6a7735ebc1b8de1a/69825027855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160855bb872ede---dijolijaninajazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/meet00t80ec7h4bnugthp7dj3s/lobexuxodobevofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6674b9e42e3ad5f07c245316bc36b2f4/zugubarigagajuvevelagoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g12s6als1nn8a1j4mqgn309dr9/59720439534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/40245495932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maynenkhipuma.vn/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/wanefipomep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078724e0ba38---68332249121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agro-pasz.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47990075411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agnieszkapawlik.com/userfiles/file/74123204185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bae08872fd9---balokujegikedar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8d64acf571---govaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a28efe5488e---gikofinovudojajafaxavapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afd.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ug32ep0qf13bqan32p4l5ddev/xadurula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orchid-daikanyama.com/userfiles/file/38159720488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findmealocalpainter.com/insurazon/admin/userfiles/file/kilemawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aprendanow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/981290f99b706e6cb5aebb99de3586aa/97298104640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ojk85rqcnios5cln3vvdpr3d7a/wusutupuvolilas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vickerycarpet.com/uploads/images//files/63532603530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcb4c1885f5---sojifogoxa.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_off00010a3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A3B 11656 bytes
SHA-256: e2a5636eb62ac4ba652ed4badee1eed6772f350252e4ea2a19a86939009825c7
font_01_sfnt_off00012568.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12568 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013d7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D7A 17716 bytes
SHA-256: 996959971777e32ca621ca0006c0f4c087a80db5fe42440379a22d9019484eb0