Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ec10e5534cdf6684…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-17 10:29:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 7743d6dc28b3e0ccf45ec10fc43ec970 SHA-1: 79867129544db9821edeb540c258f57c65788898 SHA-256: ec10e5534cdf6684aa709386028b22834f9257179c3fd9fff94a68942b8568a1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure, likely delivered via spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=kali+linux+on+android+phone PDF link annotation
    • https://www.assofmt.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20156592772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161328f7017037---zutegurovewiromubebipod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52f582b6d9616cf54912efe274aa7e6c/witivuzoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141b9a9bab88---29270304121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foodexgida.com/uploads/files/55328408221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garantc.ru/userfiles/file/renupeluxeximudute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s-privod.ru/userfiles/file/60159765923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://learn-atdi.com/uploads/files/7962454528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wonikquartz.com/upload/editor/file/1630547212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://highrise.pl/file/wimofixozinewin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whipitleather.com/userfiles/file/88076536217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stefani.cz/fck/file/4055489125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trinityautorepairs.com/uploads/files/golajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161303045e5218---jotafovij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlinecommerce.bg/uploads/pages/files/pokalanetunez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creativetechno.in/userfiles/file/8807217921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anjingliar.com/contents/files/xinodotitobikisew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142007f0b8f5---fetekikolixozasoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2-view.org/home/view/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30477368927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fb88fe1476---nokevataninuvunuvoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pingthye.com/userfiles/files/zipovitezetiwate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c7d9469f5d---sasekelejexepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santa.sg/images/users/00000000/files/32037160118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intertexmedical.com/userfiles/files/3133361771.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_off0000da8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA8F 17992 bytes
SHA-256: c0256087d5a9910f148511882419b731e3389a85ec74fe43b23c10e7ae28f07b
font_01_sfnt_off000109ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109BA 10416 bytes
SHA-256: d23bbd053605a5badea3df0a41c4ef3ba66b214b4dfaeed24cf18cec81e48330
font_02_sfnt_off0001212b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1212B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1