Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2adedaf25ccdefa4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 03:53:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 21ebf4c5c96dd2ac58f5821fba00daad SHA-1: 5509c1b11b6ea691a774f92cb3530ee2f2494141 SHA-256: 2adedaf25ccdefa467439ab12efdb4ecc2e40d9db3ae18ce255c20a7d64383c4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. This suggests the document's primary purpose is to lure users to external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 https://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=project+evaluation+methods+for+project+management+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://dazhonghua1688.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wamifilazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q30r2utbuovfs42vsdeasjs1t3/zanerasemovidagipuvobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b429b309660---54456220471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610e288b7cf44---1430504232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strahovka66.ru/userfiles/file/77301604497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adsbudget.net/userfiles/file/werum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610732ea6be1e---pobotaroref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catwalkdogcome.com/editor_upload_image/file/lubanatakubulezojawofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ordineveterinarivenezia.eu/userfiles/files/newovowusapujazovopus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/512a1b91ceb6175e634ca75b2d9c97eb/43282182893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tobywells.org/media/fckdir/file/80573670108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da5b3208974---tiwukijigako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goooinggroup.com/userfiles/files/20210723_020019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f35cbd9e3153f97364cafd0da7e8c1ae/89684205595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/28605347221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarahgpl.com/userfiles/file/ragam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myblindz.com/fck_user_files/file/jadupilojazixejejupejok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mashura.co/userfiles/files/67439575121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trinityautorepairs.com/uploads/files/5549518589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ildungrice.com/fileupload/fckeditor/file/83425943460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dollreunion2020.com/clients/4/43/4392dc7a9e9236654a628da0af121bbb/File/bifisej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jbdclothiers.net/emailer/userfiles/file/vuworapidapasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610901abe0421---87631368841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79def61d20907f67c875c98a15b6252f/mixixififudoxez.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_off0000e0c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0C4 18008 bytes
SHA-256: 00caf729e1ba5a9d754422f66d66b7ac499dcd678b2290f113e3b583df88b93b
font_01_sfnt_off00010fed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012804.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12804 11364 bytes
SHA-256: 720d9c29649609738aa9a4c0df2f2bcf07cfbea63115c36b048186fbb8876c96