Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4edee337f96a774a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-07-28 01:05:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 0bcd0edf4efa42068c31ae0cd32f55cd SHA-1: 96c425a4208e75f0e7a2dfc34966f87dcdbc35a2 SHA-256: 4edee337f96a774a3646199757827a61fd3a702815203ba500fc5cea9de84ff9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting further suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://aescantabria.es/upload/fckeditor/file///detutidofusij.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608896cdb22c7---98803400716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maderas-navarro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gutas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ouh7uo2fvhatqis0atduqsnm0v/37544802167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d3cf43ef20---92254301563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmoul.com/userfiles/file/gogalebot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1adcbbai1bezln.xn--p1ai/content/File/94705756812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infrabud.eu/fckpliki/file/fawotopavuwajetosabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asijskepotraviny.cz/files/file/73142391070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-vehicle.net/js/upload/files/90571437048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160814263340e0---51915012420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.schroedersales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/120c14fd7cef447bfbd92a992365b532/13384164758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rachelrom.com/rescontent/file/84006465534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxmarketing.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cngn6spephkem3kvsj3vhb7gj/69931605383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicare-darmstadt.de/bilder/UserImages/file/kosoraxem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hospvetcentral.pt/site/upload/file/24531427774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d626c8fc3a---nizubitafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zaantraining.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160901b3259042---37064793649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkhighclassof60.com/clients/871169/File/rarivumonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e6655a857e40f99a1fb61b23223c374/mononogugepufibaraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c86b3620fa71fc778136f2ca54c4804f/91551396928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607427b2e3128---64346204630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marvistasales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22a6384f194decbcc2c7789e390bec18/gizonuvuvifiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b275a495d15---81709471463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=car+parking+3d+mod+apk+iosPDF 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_off0000ed70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED70 16572 bytes
SHA-256: 66a4b259a1ff35f54daf7583cc9905a2cc6358a5f3557fac655dae7bd1372010
font_01_sfnt_off0001186e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1186E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013085.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13085 10752 bytes
SHA-256: 2828eddbacec4870151fed31feee6417e91b64f42c5cc7d384baf4fb541a520d