Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ebdfd58510c7cd2d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.7 KB Created: 2021-09-18 13:06:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: c8dff748d33edff68cb0ba849d6d417b SHA-1: 6bc28fb1faa382962c6a45b5dab1dd7a988e2df6 SHA-256: ebdfd58510c7cd2ddfb35b3ebbfc136c726c48fd882343500f2a8cc076cb81b0
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded links, with several pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of embedded JavaScript, though not directly executable in this context, further supports the malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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://aitrans.org/UploadFile/file/F1202109111753567659.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://greenfuturevietnam.com/Upload/files/28494077829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8791023b71f1b7bcc5fec77f6fa00659/80686434874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kientrucqhouse.com/uploads/image/files/fesiribovokasoduzezuwuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://99hospitalitygroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74452020814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gamboeng.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61637259059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sro52.ru/uploads/files/jasadafujajenenubek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phongkhamthienhoa.org/images/files/10340582965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gentrilieu.vn/userfiles/file/9515040405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luluscafeonline.com/uploads/files/35877930449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ux02.wadhost.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90401781297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bb3a790eab---sinenipigisugiduxikuzevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leuphuotcamap.com/uploads/image/files/97307265116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/wotivemewazugome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cantellodetersiviprofessionali.it/uploads/file/palakemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odpadykj.cz/UserFiles/File/95420464992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konchris.com/userfiles/file/1630727928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kemnhapkhau.com/upload/files/fezomigixuzeduku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atkarisuli.hu/userfiles/file/zibego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613aa301b1a21---motisitupavogeteboputusin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatmfc.com/media/ftp/file/53193403653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livermore.com/wysiwygfiles/file/laxirigawotobezipajam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfectsextherapy.com/public_html/userfiles/file/63020062362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa2e54402d5e2b9342830c2ee3830393/91658644105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jobsincrete.gr/images/_user_na/file/51457583025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=avatar+the+promise+part+2+pdf+freePDF 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_off0000bb39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB39 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d34b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD34B 16164 bytes
SHA-256: f456ed5846441ae0451078fcd2852921f11a8ca677af7f0fd8b2c2411a926d7f
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC5E 10780 bytes
SHA-256: e3292e62e6a8ae1857ce3fdf33cc4b91424751e50f3cba55a6b46a6a32b33ac3