Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1edc36a0a0e4b433…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-10-11 08:53:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: cfb59483976e30a4cc3de724c744e18f SHA-1: c556b7abc68a04b6e0c214e04608b93ef043bab6 SHA-256: 1edc36a0a0e4b43396fcaa403d7895ff3e3af09585abf49f72a68c1013f17c87
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of numerous external links suggests an attempt to distribute traffic across various potentially compromised or disposable domains.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://imosa.asia/uploads/files/202109120450274092.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ssss-sangam.com/userfiles/file/bemomaruzegirutaravok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zolmedis.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kebinaporopipim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jyjwqj.com/uploadfile/file///2021100302364726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://houstoncoinclub.org/FCKeditor/file/8049342236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b8c352d730---tapigotusaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.detskaoptika.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gomuruxopuzekugijaxunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pq1deskpict3t0km9qusiu2fa2/fisopisejetijaperibiber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://se-ty.com/uploads/userfiles/file/19664902574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://x-software.cz/data/file/lugipesetukipixeguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/411a30b87e6ade759eae15700c5d434c/5689519819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kdsonline.org/userfiles/file/siwide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mjrspot.com/fckimages/file/zagikoripidofisuxebinife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elemental-ia.com/userfiles/file/jaloxuforerexonajale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westech.solar-napkollektor.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1427088338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://denimder.org/resimler/files/labazunexefojunizidedojiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143e6f66d5fd---31466768151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heuresromantiques.com/upload/files/jesofegekofitapigimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evolution-dev.com/file_media/file_image/file/fiwuzuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohouse-lab.de/userfiles/file/dojavabirini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://old.arcnet.org.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/semewevamitosinojupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://francescasciortino.it/userfiles/files/96046058997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festival-bg.com/media/ckuploads/files/kujadudewazarasarebotofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marcvandewiele.com/userfiles/file/38861084055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+the+necromancer+in+castle+crashers+remasteredPDF 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_off0000eacd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEACD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000102df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102DF 18960 bytes
SHA-256: 1662316f4ef567bf92b3def84981efd4d9a7011bba8720dfc5901294f96acb5d
font_02_sfnt_off0001340f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1340F 10896 bytes
SHA-256: 4b8399bc278fb8adf0534f1d91af029c4d4bfc27e6006a5b913c6538df5ee1dd