Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed1cbcd5d4ca060c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-07-08 01:17:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 8240063da1f8bba1fadb921ed3fcb576 SHA-1: 95e4013c766ae8c4e93d5ec7c6ac4b9272b84866 SHA-256: ed1cbcd5d4ca060c21e3003552a3a4273797d9933176f2aec7b2281f84ba52fb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to host or redirect to malicious content. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' and ML classification further support malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9946

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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 http://lateonsettay-sachs.org/userfiles/file/71495343594.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mr96v69qn4ukbdnc8j6o3a58n5/vekuxuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bachson.net/upload/file/67348124233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clumba-indoor.ru/files/files/xutewozowelinazukoronadag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chaletsuenodesol.de/files/mowitesazumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexanderkanevskyartistbiography.com/clientMedia/file/muserenikalajabikopup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d23dd66305b---kamawelatirulufukegufawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5a.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96967756881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ppub4nqdkvid01bh888o1f3cng/48548309369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.netcorp.hu/data/editorfile/wobegurex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/73319894942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinistudy.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/96870002298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd5306d156f58827e9a13e9d8249a8f7/xuleja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agronlogistics.com/userfiles/files/bubonuteluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3628bcd7c6---lonopupesemonovapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/unoi3o1hmnvu4va0l705jiv423/26259017398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truegridpaver.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7d5c5d84ca125dc752f8d95407a9b39/58439154080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://activesolutionelectric.com/images/file/verovimenupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leo-translate.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608763a421891---18461133318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fa3376f17e---ferazoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d3b3fd1e77c578a7dbfb49b0d1cfc18/65902759352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bdcomunicazione.it/file/wovarekiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://go2germany.ru/files/file/jozafejazezopugolibexeral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kasekimi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b37df1135---dipalajevamifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e3bd5af5c---nuxupodab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=english+question+paper+class+10+cbse+board+2018+with+solutionPDF 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_off0000e2be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2BE 16724 bytes
SHA-256: 16996777ee391b4042a335954920d3360d8b45388ac90034a3635e0548e69c8b
font_01_sfnt_off00010e3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E3C 11748 bytes
SHA-256: 0ff6dba2fd3620ee96ddc143cbacd0b7d99347df07877cfc6750120eb9653b8a
font_02_sfnt_off0001299c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1299C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1