Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 224ed26054d8f9a6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 18:53:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: aeb5d57e128bb687bcacfdd167235147 SHA-1: fad6869fae6a98c1a4279b46358edf29a130b2d0 SHA-256: 224ed26054d8f9a63d5a1db2d4c5e94c490b266799fb097c6f44b91ff4b2bbd1
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a high number of embedded links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the numerous URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://educaholistica.com/resources/img/imagesck/files/xisuj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fb1d798ce9---sabigumekagepawin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vibangthuaphatlai.net/uploads/files/fogitebejozizujejikufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sp3siemianowice.pl/userFiles/files/fubuwadedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c409g8d291v132lk6d2o6k9al5/dusogamonejoregevijefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612d30503b8dd---95668934591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viettrungson.com/media/Files/83920147450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldcar.jp/userfiles/files/46466308231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiokclassof65.com/clients/d/db/dbefc63a503cf3d3a4f9fb61678ecc08/File/22371686460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102f82d6b1f5---56439346538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuvuongcorp.com/luutru/files/tuzaganegewoxemesugof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dorrstrechy.cz/UserFiles/File/kusidakejafopike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lmleadmanagement.com/userfiles/files/99324749919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/28309400660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56008b34dc995870f5ffbddd9ad0a99c/rokedoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uci.ir/userfiles/file/kirawujexusog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobiniauto.com/userfiles/file/datonagageviwutaditud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atamergranit.com/userfiles/file/zexewefizizaroda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074a0b7dc62f---48709738506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xibuhuanyu.com/filespath/files/20210805050522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/zeniju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160903d3fd1e2c---deruwabaroti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/vefoguzojezivosogorajefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=1990+yamaha+exciter+570+manualPDF 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_off0000e9c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9C9 10952 bytes
SHA-256: 53806149b64d0d844beea5fedc256a0bc8073976128bc0b8c46bf414f1200505
font_01_sfnt_off0001031c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1031C 24568 bytes
SHA-256: c740ea37684127bc24706e0f25f82cfd0060c35d5201444d711a07284fd3c6f9
font_02_sfnt_off0001414a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1414A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1