Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5edb3053ea9160d8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.5 KB Created: 2021-09-18 00:58:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 80c970be764fff53f6ed896598b3a139 SHA-1: 8c5c4b1377fa96856dc97431736cf3636c17e6bb SHA-256: 5edb3053ea9160d816596439a95325569375a57910dca9016041c94af492c58b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution by redirecting users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9865

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 https://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=minecraft+pocket+edition+mods+for+free PDF link annotation
    • https://we-plus.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8694355805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/vagipotimepurofadunima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xenangheli.vn/public/files/gibatiwitulazakedefawaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fond.ru/userfiles/file/kenadodogarikodusuxaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.terresdescaraibes.fr/file/24558084301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d32cd360f3347bcf31e2f24ba500dc4a/fiwekafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ardennes.proximeo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17180000188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thermaltrailrace.com/imagini_ws/lipujava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161391aae0011f---fufepowurewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pre-www.bridge-academy.com/uploaded/ckeditor/files/wuxuzavoxijifov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sensitiva.fi/UserFiles/File/zejebogidajilufajenob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcq.bmtinhoc.vn/InteriorWeb/images/images_news/files/10192009407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130e3efce9c0---5611727367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81465996982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bptramptour.pl/files/file/xexilowuvetekopotimot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ms1oke.com/contents/files/tixagadumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614225a4e2611---26394110572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balbok.net/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/godijunediz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://educationindiajournal.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rotumaziwulogiluxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://email-database.info/userfiles/file/tejeduven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6db40d353028a044f27ef8076433fd49/raresegefopedixokot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosaletta.it/userfiles/files/fosafoxuzadutumataraxij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kominove-centrum.cz/media/files/file/sakujox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedreams.cz/files/6890798016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faisaltowel.com/survey/userfiles/files/lexizixewaxutivajekum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rainbowprinter.com/app/webroot/files/file/segudatuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ortodonciaelisafarache.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gerunepujejunezin.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_off00012102.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12102 10820 bytes
SHA-256: 3d366dcb26f0f58b0e9ddd18e2eaee58d3ece68bc3e5e8b50b5f1f9e65e885cc
font_01_sfnt_off000139f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139F7 17620 bytes
SHA-256: 9bd7ae4d63606ed1e9ff98d6e832245ddd9e7de6ca15d01aa51d53941368fdc2
font_02_sfnt_off000167f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x167F0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1