Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed0430b196b3eaba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 20:33:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e15e3ff4b63046209ca78d63c6e32616 SHA-1: 3cc79bf8fc90cc25fe78f65df2f59362474961ed SHA-256: ed0430b196b3eaba6f4acc03a45be76d1853fddc504b8e36c88f399a0148db37
192 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, specifically as a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The presence of embedded URLs and the 'ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS' firing strongly indicate a malicious intent to redirect users to harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

Heuristics 9

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=qr+code+scanner+free+iphone PDF link annotation
    • http://fujavietnam.com/images/Download/bajejanatowugosik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3f7b536d7a---38988188576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotelamoha.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16114b6579bd68---50508990861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba01ae1a036---34479249141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://castrolmintabolt.hu/images/upload/file/firemilupewadava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eastmanllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87382805835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd18aca5a8---49329662442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckdidea.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/dogosubulivofalupox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bea7e9987f4a91546d4c5a393ab2892/21662595201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba7c1c3b2d2---menapadasototavomebur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160857ec0bbc2b---5975592789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a71b2f8d463dfdb910da09fa2fdc1fd6/tesifumape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedreaminitiative.org/Content/Admin/uploads/files/87868359808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/571e3e50ab8e11832e3498646210a648/dudegisefajik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q0ecffhpdeqjv09ecr3d26720k/viruruvoxobosev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160980f6393c74---8831962539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haliburtonhighlandsheritage.ca/userfiles/file/vamupifovanedugelefejex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7bb03da49---25481981736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://impex-italia.it/userfiles/files/devavejel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89eb07eb6f3ddfe4964883ba76fc8e7c/48013906123.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_off0000f159.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF159 10632 bytes
SHA-256: 7f8611d407f5454706a45d0676364cf92345c0acfec7b9117a5ad36c50a1becc
font_01_sfnt_off000109a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109A1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000121b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121B3 18732 bytes
SHA-256: 22b6665857f3ea3c71957cae175af07816a1090eddab9ff57f5a9072fec7495f