Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ed526b37c8660f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 18:22:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 8617c2eaefa1fc59560024a82c3f4eee SHA-1: 38e0b9e18a9b71bb96e5813946a3a7d621c48465 SHA-256: 1ed526b37c8660f6e5337e89740034f1b654f665c188b07c4ebbf5c4ccaa0060
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and it contains embedded JavaScript. Several heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to potentially compromised or disposable hosting sites. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further malicious actions, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://fewo-spreewald-schoetzigk.de/brandenburgtag/img/editor/file/16523092763.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46ccc1ef642b45998e23dc5627f4047d/46845786636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16118bb389211a---zajena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bdf8be3e22---petope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072d3cedbbe4---lozarijuwabise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d092f506c55---dulasenegibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aromata.ru/upload/files/74594903547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a688d69fe06---taganativitukanamew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607380f391c76---12888861860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/67260463632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611455f91c9ce---75046700166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cyklo-wellness-penzion-palice.cz/content/zeraxeropodafibajibizud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alihuata.com/userfiles/file/pojazejerutizuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conexkarvan.com/cache/fck_files/file/9751855215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowanmkt.com/Uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fireki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://licorne-hotel-restaurant.com/userfiles/file/bawozemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfd7d5620d0a5a1793c4c13200b6f541/tasakaxulurosukubamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01fssjpteif7j61aoiio69si60/94461684854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shamshabaddiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/degakibevasubesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087afcdd91bb---85261418576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triangle-electronics.com/assets/userfiles/file/nazigitemolopopubowosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biomedchita.ru/imeg_master/file/tevemubebigawepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://internationalnetworksolutions.net/files/womifaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2e58845eae---74160726086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=toyota+highlander+2015+user+manualPDF link annotation
    • http://perfecturology.cafe24.com/upload/editor/imagefile/funepe.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_off0000f431.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF431 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010c48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C48 11300 bytes
SHA-256: b64e9ee280ef2a0689cf7d400bac2d198eb9d2d0bbd4760dc660d2e1502f48b5
font_02_sfnt_off00012695.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12695 18040 bytes
SHA-256: 98da7e0dfa962c1481be04042b94cabfd0e4c670d6f6f582c0a0e76cc3a80bda