Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5edcb2fed326ea1a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-08-30 22:58:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 067b92389b6f234658a9a931d0a72fc2 SHA-1: c18f926819cac24f94adbeb616eca0d8d133e073 SHA-256: 5edcb2fed326ea1add49e4b3c1c6c311848edc960d16397efaa2d2dc7017f33e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://www.makattakasinti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c5405e0870---gubonebidetoworirom.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lubrifianti-auto.ro/files/file/91368508224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dooleysnaturalgas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57547245912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c45ed334e1a---vaxosejaxiranafev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5b8b18710---sizoram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artasedanasingaraja.com/uploadfck/file/22387582088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnc-soustruzeni.cz/files/file/nufewugijavasezekek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccforum.kr/uploads/file/1621646963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stolizstekla.ru/userfiles/file/kozufizitixedulamakes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merwepizza.com/upload/file/10135874246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sensormaticltd.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94686088111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/466f7b621bb8d656ddac3430a1337cd4/mokuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdbad57e6751b50ba8e71e4679d04986/95417331405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinariacomportamentale.it/userfiles/files/wuwewato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jahanchart.ir/data/files/file/pobenarakonuwatakafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ubranni.com/uploader/files/54754442498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/beab83cca73e64d6a8d31090ff6312a6/28568668040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kepco-group.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/35176864308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b02f1504bb7---71080615208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dorjhjq3ea793j19fcm2kn6k24/pipevowusavuzudazewos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.natursany.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/geresijoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://instandee.com/Images_upload/files/buxisivef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1222ad36b3a9c5cc2e07941ecc2dfaf8/82071979526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsencollege.org/test/fckeditor/file/viven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c084acd0dc---fafijukin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=definition+of+roughPDF 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_off0000e015.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE015 19368 bytes
SHA-256: f5e0cbe61c74c48bb5359e2978f4712c4a69a66cb2158204f2436b0b68631205
font_01_sfnt_off00011206.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11206 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012a1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A1D 10216 bytes
SHA-256: 35bc85a01b8c62c796fdff05055199626433f721f6116d6d807f036320253582