Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7edee098de35cf1b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 02:26:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: aab0b85355d7a13e9d714636675321af SHA-1: e60bd92f24edd0c27aa4cd8766ef9578e08cea78 SHA-256: 7edee098de35cf1b9ae48d8a028301e6bf3bc75e8a06cede2dbd1defa8901ff4
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

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 https://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=el+poder+mente+subconsciente+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://greenlivinggarden.com/htdocs/UserFiles/file/65058603434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tele-klass.ru/i/upload/files/gibepam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elai.kz/upload/2021/08files/210815022044344034sespt.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logistra.fr/ressource/site-image/files/bolazuwikezuzosefadeten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noddy.nu/images/file/zimonera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab56789a5e7---desugukusixufifarokiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gd-weimi.com/upfolder/e/files/20210903205522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cantellodetersiviprofessionali.it/uploads/file/rukazonatitagesizogedex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snnet.kr/board_pds/fckeditor/2021/08/file/wavakuxagazowikoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euro520.net/userfiles/file/1625269615655368359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruxthai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuburiromiremuvisale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2f169b0fcc888e0b0bd02a062a81d1c/dilesunogoposevudat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://statewideroofservices.com/clients/b/b8/b825a24af54c157c196cf52173d75bf0/File/bepamokobapikakiveleze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ab58997dfc6a6a5c749b940de1cbd63/werajiputubajexorofoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://misosmile.com/upload/editor/files/59800093332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0e27569c74---virigakoworima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coinmarketsuite.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69479833830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29b738phbuvi0p9de93n78cg98/58810149926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rollfactorytogo.com/uploads/files/mexojusubulixaboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sibservis.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/winizejoxut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veraschwemmle.de/fckdata/file/zabebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa05c03edd655b913f96e29876908c53/69824767582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb1494e56d43b0472192dc513c71fcaa/jirekediximoxorosojuzafop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8f636810bd06deac93c4d0cdca899cc/24812602774.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_off0000e521.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE521 10844 bytes
SHA-256: 92d6418e667b83b7898140550809cf46bfaab4c2e7faa6c551d9f8e68032eb5e
font_01_sfnt_off0000fddd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDDD 18468 bytes
SHA-256: 7e51cb8cbd3781e9978db429c208316a4fcd0e3cd5664bab01f25528b1d888f8
font_02_sfnt_off00012c84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C84 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1