Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ead9174ea5f6310e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-06-28 07:28:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: a90936ee2ea961966b059b74f44b9f84 SHA-1: 152e4814a723c54345106bc45b42ccf79021ed14 SHA-256: ead9174ea5f6310ec4ef530258741ff139cf6c40e79b0daa2baced6c40282fb4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, suggesting it's designed to lure users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ad+idem+in+law PDF link annotation
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f4125f1379---batuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b451ca1035f---ribinepetak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab94e3815d5---68540266559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phrabat.net/UserFiles/File/79513749347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b0d2adfb0a---sulunogijidugavozodamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5s1k86lte7qt6o1jdq8nduhba/92249542715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paperland.bg/uploads/file/serewipajurokedeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.org/userfiles/file/11814111262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0b52c4a67ec61b4b9fafcf92cc630bf/37323014485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6000dc40dd87ba8733c334523a24cf3b/sogamukafijawokegazib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acornschoolcharleston.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4107ae820dde6a25a9d1e640076ef4c/6313324465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7eab287b1f57ecb580ab8e928676bf6f/zavitadakuwitopitinolidas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rekalibracija.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7681fb88870ee6ff529bd022d23eae3e/31708835916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10cd19009b2635ef41343073dfaa5361/17856318565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aokman-drive.com/d/files/lugelolapif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edmaker.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9852dc67009c2046db527670b42916d/wuvanesow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086168766b16---tabaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gute-reise.ru/i/files/files/nigitadixuvowemat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c9fefe77bb5a9009b2bc9c904986ae6/60005741203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31a99b38237a7ba350c9b65b870a088f/watunobubodizuroxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxmarketing.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8k2e01fqpfb2ov6rlrg6nof32o/mozusorijoxumuwawetuveba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claphamtaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/47107870690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e4f3b23a8f---sapezaxuwewuzaverubabeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourlightingbrand.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/429382fc63c9246115bb42fe30992bb2/10425752780.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_off0000db22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB22 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f334.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF334 26096 bytes
SHA-256: 003f2534b5265a416c55b6175449284c2a5d72fc9caab06abcf70d1154c37f6a
font_02_sfnt_off0001329d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1329D 9988 bytes
SHA-256: d369442d3a56a2dfa591633c6830d5d49caa37bd583633679d17aed9375ab0ef

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