Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ea6daa2c56f9d688…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 07:21:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 9e477018b8ff5f6feeeef4a54eb3a0f9 SHA-1: 0aed085133fa37cb51d6bb58520d70b040b06654 SHA-256: ea6daa2c56f9d688ede9df277900d3560649da215d7d991487484be97160b23f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, but the heuristic firings clearly point to a malicious link distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://samsung-service-center.ru/uploads/files/46031405847.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acbe37c2595---miloxugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dfc73c5cd7---59287119603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tipresentoio.it/images/file/rupikenebolopebikikokimej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackwingsexpress.com/upload/userfiles/files/39988618797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087bba94ad60---27173061677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosmopolitanhotelbg.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/vonojepox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a5dbb9b3f84c503aeec86b890483a51/23951193914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cor.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qqke9ghqfdmosjg0au0pktuehk/71940326821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motolargo.pl/userfiles/file/97078105630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochi-vitrazhi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60778767035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santabruna.cl/upload/file/nonog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nirmalamathachurch.org/cms_uploads/image/file/metugilopojovajuradot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf39126225---xuvisakegolawixerudedavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4e95b51f27---33493586886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shopexpert.com/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/64439105980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b73a35e5530f86b136133160525049e3/96077395258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poongdung.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210627_79DC6D34B7966067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lightofislamonair.org/uploads/files/1910588695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buergerforum-tirol.at/file/22835126959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioneducation.ru/userfiles/file/bakimudet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082a82aced4b---bidikawokokamumoxapepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c597b2e9de9---korir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knshzj.com/CKEdit/upload/files/mofibuzoxononiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=fronius+primo+owners+manualPDF 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_off0000cebc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEBC 10476 bytes
SHA-256: 445a461f82fa68ee0691a6cc9b7ae77b86aa6f3891723839d5c5ecba67274835
font_01_sfnt_off0000e688.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE688 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE9A 16636 bytes
SHA-256: 699f668c858955976c74a1f07e603838698abc6b6478085fd4f51fcf3eff4d2a