Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1edacd321ee65f42…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-17 23:19:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: bb419989277a6e32037803238e684881 SHA-1: 8340361e0e4ddae3adb5d3718ba7ca0e34838d07 SHA-256: 1edacd321ee65f42388fac1bdd0dfdf1ce357cb838a2a3f402c6bf095bcdf68a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. These links form a link farm, a common technique to obscure malicious destinations or distribute phishing lures. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161356b4787f42---40598691206.pdf
    • https://copperscraphandlers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3536671013.pdf
    • http://tokyoto.pl/UserFiles/file/25373539805.pdf
    • http://thailaundry.com/imgUpload/files/97225859671.pdf
    • http://business-plan-capalpha.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/buzenu.pdf
    • http://efuegypt.org/userfiles/file/raxuwavux.pdf
    • http://fatfailogistics.com/fckeditor/files/file/78187029410.pdf
    • http://project-lovcen.me/userfiles/file/ragurodubavel.pdf
    • http://mywymc.com/userfiles/file/jifomomilusarijisixawaf.pdf
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161442c30d3ea6---zaduwe.pdf
    • http://yourbuilding.ru/userfiles/files/rixidaki.pdf
    • http://www.mecateengenharia.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31811268560.pdf
    • https://audit-advisers.com/userfiles/file/95620543456.pdf
    • https://uslugiinzynierskie.com/eurostyl/photos/file/xajakekakagifedad.pdf
    • http://chemtron-vostok.ru/media/file/vivanopapubeworigukegadag.pdf
    • http://www.saletime.gr/admin/fckfiles/file/94124199032.pdf
    • https://www.thic.net/plugin/ce1/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89111208877.pdf
    • https://empezo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5006221256.pdf
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bb17ccdccfe95d0f757c3f7bdc89930/bijozukirupetufomafodaxut.pdf
    • http://www.fd.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vovusuzuvepuvezawisevila.pdf
    • http://stlnsk.ru/uploads/file/visaxogogujixe.pdf
    • https://www.newhorizonscrisiscenter.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75210049377.pdf
    • https://gamma-electronics-eg.com/userfiles/files/12363978186.pdf
    • http://abwmercury.com/uploads/files/xiwagenoje.pdf
    • http://pronobile.de/catalog/file/gesilebow.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=i+am+honoured+synonym
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ca64.bin
30aa53987d52470a7b41901dae3b0f0dbc173cb863c99ad964778aabd7b599c5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA64 10444 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e1e1.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1E1 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f9f3.bin
883e02f92caf2ef7fe91d755c03b3b932c0f8fe6a5421bc10639e46d3b929648
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9F3 21708 bytes