Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed0abacfa12b650b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.4 KB Created: 2021-09-28 07:31:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5c4dd5885354a8893dd0c4ec28b7b69f SHA-1: fc6dc774e2395d100820225ecb88ffde91f93835 SHA-256: ed0abacfa12b650b7a648eca8e5385850eaf8da0d617d1da76797fb7f502ebbd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are consistent with techniques used to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gta+4+apk+and+obb+download+for+android
    • https://computerzone.pk/file/75209974414.pdf
    • http://xn--h1aeekk.xn--p1ai/files/file/guwereralelepop.pdf
    • https://lazdynumokykla.lt/userfiles/file/jotudofakopawizuzoxag.pdf
    • http://outspokenholland.com/userfiles/fckFile/20210911160922.pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614d2019af344---xogukofufopuziwi.pdf
    • https://journalofcritique.com/ckdosyalari/upload/files/lisuzijisekijuwerarovadik.pdf
    • http://medica-brno.com/files/6441348216.pdf
    • http://style4.allwebeasy.com/userfiles/files/33986513958.pdf
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eee4e3f09286a08d5b2b40302678c83f/69252554881.pdf
    • http://xn--80aer5aza.xn--19-kmcm3c.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9026038328.pdf
    • https://granitnet.hu/editor_up/kativa.pdf
    • http://studioaeditecne.it/userfiles/file/dubokurewewejifonavugod.pdf
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613659b653793---40513332781.pdf
    • http://uitetenindex.nl/images/uploads/34509637892.pdf
    • https://produktybhp.pl/pliki_user/File/6813365732.pdf
    • https://heatingboiler.ca/fck_upload/file/69054568954.pdf
    • http://hanasushichoice.com/uploads/files/kixulivisevorabodi.pdf
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o8umb571q1k08dq2jc4284auoj/31947741297.pdf
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/molenafobanogesetuliroj.pdf
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161524de76914f---pogagebidopun.pdf
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135ee50d1d76---81866032358.pdf
    • http://www.tamtrebinhminh.com/public/files/27340668950.pdf
    • http://ventima.ru/userfiles/file/pimidonajujeduwojiji.pdf
    • http://nicenpos.com/userData/board/file/fileri.pdf
    • http://standardamulet.com/files/files/73181576728.pdf
    • http://quick-thailand.com/images/uploads/file/pejizifizapudikejufafemi.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b534.bin
478228cfe37eabfd1f3f08665ba8a5ab53ec574765156386ecf1f7cbdf20cd11
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB534 10624 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000cd73.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD73 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000e585.bin
a3041b1f2181c9b1cc547ec8d67a6e74c7ead1255197d5f504e9fb0f6a489e97
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE585 14428 bytes