Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 daed1698d913ac31…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-08-19 16:32:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 147a308c58e0a346998c088d987d84ed SHA-1: c9bf4a68bbbafda4db33c7d95ed1c3b07f0e11d4 SHA-256: daed1698d913ac313cfc0f1e3dd4561f3d9266bddfc2588cfcf5b256e2050de7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious. It contains a large number of embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to external, potentially malicious, content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9930

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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=tere+ishq+me+pagal+ho+gaya+mp3+song+download+bestwap PDF link annotation
    • http://vet-arrighicolangelicristilli.eu/userfiles/files/punulewezimovujemodoxewas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puzynowska-kancelaria.com/userfiles/file/sadini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diversecityuk.com/userfiles/file/97409265335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4aa1d043da---24682125236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nbpcpentecostalchurch.com/clients/65183/File/nuwulenoxogogevidukeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ba0ccef21e---76472551683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oilmachineydy.com/d/files/15136542689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5416df4543c1ef8214ddc0bb64331ede/48274026969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba602eb6beb---27925568721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c522d8c50c91330f73c5bc7461fcc1d/wovovigoxavelaxeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611580645a472---25056298377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enterpriselighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47312198e924753854bfd95dbc84cc44/ludofikigumopuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://playfromhome.org/clients/4/49/49939bf6a151252ba1adfe53d1befa29/File/84669276901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://111-orte.de/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/vubidiraso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saint-party.com/media/file/zapawizejiwunavonigol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a39625b34ab---60910882446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aygroupmuh.com/image/files/fezijob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09b0865face5504e60781ee61b8bf462/7310184068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c00c3b94dd1---wiliwodozor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40f1e0fca462d178bff1d6ce2484a408/95799316760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607417693c802---sisanejevev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srihemkuntschoolint.com/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/73576826305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://permanentnimakeup-brno.cz/userfiles/files/sunojusijotatoluva.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d28f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD28F 17868 bytes
SHA-256: b0c3ecfe3a8038073849fc8b8577fa7bb9677b92c155c694061c9d97432161d9
font_01_sfnt_off00010214.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10214 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011a2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A2B 11460 bytes
SHA-256: e34e623deeced489f8d72a7c55023a387956723789eda3cc98172c1cbb8f7450
font_03_sfnt_off0001346b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1346B 16092 bytes
SHA-256: 9d5144547e0b729630886a3ad3ce48e7da84b0115899dd9c2390406af6f0fecd