Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0edb8aa3d35e228d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.8 KB Created: 2021-06-30 09:49:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: a8fa364fa525682125be1129bbe28f8c SHA-1: 15e82a59c6326a6f5e0bb7d8c769102425779a47 SHA-256: 0edb8aa3d35e228d0d4ce2568fcfdbc1b9a1ad8373b84083b95c48eb898c1c7e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The presence of a link farm heuristic further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://www.aqsclimited.com/EditorImages/file/68660967195.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://24cvety.ru/upload/files/59810056911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/miruxitorugimonerumurazin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecsun-moscow.ru/docs/file/15502548136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hondasushi.com/uploads/files/linazekixad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982b7032f9e---lalexujorukubosuletuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sistersaviopublicschool.com/userfiles/file/91471541065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prinsart.ro/uploads/files/12897190215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ckmandarin.com/uploads/86775547354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fouladsazanco.com/Upload/file/20071431524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5v47pe9i6bmrs2duqe9noducg3/zonuxixogob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d54ab84f2bf39a4263b5b336ed7e3d6d/pazexumuwifotop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7eb948105d2117df1803e6268e526588/86964408442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s3riogj1d0jdvp8srhbjc7fc81/fabubeberonevof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c15b585e8d---zawemobojobibowajukife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d494a048368---pukutiwexelorax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riskhedgetech.com/uploaded/file/21256170306097b4b4f2c1f.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b612b2e59a6---25024254575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9f60f3248c---jogorakiter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hopkinshigh1988.com/clients/75739/File/bipuzekonuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c656f7e0a4---taxosumodigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c7183bc081---80961124267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e7efa2ef55---27402968032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af21023a3e60526f07d21a1fe7a83195/pidowimulavikesuwometexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=im+not+depressed+but+i+feel+emptyPDF 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_off0001004f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1004F 10804 bytes
SHA-256: eaa1aead1ff2a6f107955c171b14d8cc05d7c7c5da27061edb1d92683816af61
font_01_sfnt_off000118f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118F1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013103.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13103 16688 bytes
SHA-256: d9e5e4a269ff332639307d46b66b55050d7a2ef2fc60badd68e7d888b8ad84d5