Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fee00438a2f737bc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-08-30 00:42:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 2460e2da2c7774d8612db8bc096f500a SHA-1: 9b5bbdb38ed07a907828237d998d5cb3794b67ba SHA-256: fee00438a2f737bcb7a67186a38dc6c6b3458f1088723af55114c579b8aec539
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. These links are likely designed to redirect users to phishing pages or further malicious content, a common tactic for distributing malware or stealing credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9904

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7v6s1uavq6ftcgstd1gbva76ru/5607879925.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612a57406c695---vafemibijefanomapar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6cdd415b5c---gufipedetijanol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chinese-wall.tw/upload/files/94166524671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stop-remont.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/baputinatazidixale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607321a7853f3---wixesexilifepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ximangsongthao.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/sobupixed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4a7eec9fdd---tegulijixoluveziwikif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49f5893792bba750c44dc500942d0ac9/58652870021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tajesink.com/Uploadfiles/files/ravubeguvodikadure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dhf-china.com/d/files/20623152679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612bf65e5e8ae---66260405731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a022ad13782---powipuxavawetipubixag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rodolphe-blanchet.fr/Rodolphe/fckeditor/file/85863512641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tara77.com/clients/46590/File/67397062234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northwoodmedical.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p0013fvj88bhmhbhkn7vt55uvh/69962112864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5955voaal756euj7lhrjvpaqh3/jujozuvusinekamisomutudel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bd414018d4---fasutubegededofasukuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://louvre.lv/res/wysiwyg/file/64781025552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083274d635e5---verepisiwisapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7k9095qusuu32pgtiurf3tpci/zopalib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d6fd2e656f---50306249260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e2ca735171b3ed613298e16c53287ec/votuzofikanowagixun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lezeckastenakosice.sk/upload/files/bolovukemegimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjar-tech.com/uploadfile/file///2021061819020820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beysukonaklari.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fugixirupinuribix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+get+my+discord+idPDF 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_off0000ec4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC4E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010465.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10465 10592 bytes
SHA-256: 8c23a91d8d2e15c2a7fd958fcd46bd8af552303a92ca394a762f367f45f43c8e
font_02_sfnt_off00011c69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C69 19224 bytes
SHA-256: b0ea30843bf5bdcef1f1e1005b3fb1fd5098decfa4d235b8ec107da3919f018e