Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fee85536df4847a5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.9 KB Created: 2021-06-27 17:11:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 7864a53285c13cb41bb0b8ae9d73fffe SHA-1: 2b3268273912ffe5aa09d19b066654d97f40f993 SHA-256: fee85536df4847a5db80f9eca1d37c23dc4377e4e3bbbe5ef33a774d6e532e30
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The presence of numerous URLs, including those on potentially disposable hosting, suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or engage in phishing activities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1lu12m2d0ugdos5o2v7n0rpe3/2187722690.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba7c09ca3f0---musokuziloniju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonalightingsales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc506811a0ddcbf8a46686385fe1397c/fisanovivagija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sampsonancestry.com/clients/d/d9/d9bd9208c4e45de01aa31840e3a8c66b/File/puvaboguxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbidienmanhcuong.com/upload/files/tawivatosibisanutesofuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praconsulgroup.ru/pict/file/luxomenanuvuvupagomesako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eace69d40875e5add73d1ddd9a8a3d45/79660064143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160987a28b6ae9---37440100022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilc.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bvhidq0cai3b3avva69nhrof2/rowojerurotina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netinflux.net/userfiles/file/muzawef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.logomarcanet.com/userfiles/file/tuxojerakodasat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remont-etalon.ru/upload/files/11943951673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hssipm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39324645e6e26e2e126ca4a33365922b/gotevatovosolikuluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608da1f70c2e6---88274224373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/javuligaporuzeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/75081174292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lukili.ch/UserFiles/files/87543321917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.icslights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/359e30e2a3702a2768ec93432f8b490c/memetakirusujoponor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cpro.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607615acadedf---9098986662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b26eda63794---63919701779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc62590a4f500eabaac10f5ccebec2b0/razuboronokofizodujijafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf839b5127---muzomaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artasedanasingaraja.com/uploadfck/file/92248550138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=how+is+a+vernier+caliper+usedPDF 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_off00010dd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DD7 10652 bytes
SHA-256: 02947001b980e14e9d97cd92fa82d6eade8698b99e965a4a627ce22dcbc45949
font_01_sfnt_off00012656.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12656 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013e68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E68 16992 bytes
SHA-256: f1b35aa436e30f1784cda9e905637696fe343ad606dd745b6250da4e6a042b2a