Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed1dc5aec79251d8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

107.0 KB Created: 2021-08-02 04:46:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: da11174713c71dd5e2ee424e9aeebb96 SHA-1: 1a97a2ee5f7e4eb932bab955afda3a88e5909557 SHA-256: ed1dc5aec79251d8f871dca1908e9d7fb4ba8b8f250cc35b2b027ecb3a8b87c0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external sites, which are characteristic of phishing or malware distribution lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+cricket+games+online+free+play PDF link annotation
    • http://mlight.cz/archiv/file/bujovomozuxinexuvurej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gpkoaee.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zavaros.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://et-auditing.com/userfiles/files/xixonibewuteteso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc5dd035f42---mibesigebodutogoxigakaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://closehorses.com/userfiles/file/20893724669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2445e7a05b---57401081948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/356759981a940698e220eaddb0046270/97451702260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fbe2e64cf9---94479816679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rustproofingottawa.com/userfiles/file/judalitipifasado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clap-bas.com/userfiles/file/38986997686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m6vs8elv1rbt0f0g83qllctdjp/61436688381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fbf960d7ed---42929274712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinamex.info/uploads/news_file/13526076187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubberia.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kowasevufaleme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akwarella.pl/user_uploads/file/bonomikanuvovosebozopizut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da5efe62614---dowamotomemegakiramatov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e9b7f2123ac2bf42e14f78a1a2481bb/34472440363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d595e565a1---97789390896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://123podkrovie.sk/editor_uploads/files/rugepezidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rclurie.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adca40519f2eddadefab806d3446f602/70365968005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afgventuregroup.com/cfiles/file/zuworexojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jumnmc3a9hp94ogif0csp2jeg7/nexovuvavenawoturifir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vamaconsulting.sk/userfiles/file/terewukolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73683db68c7c28b411743aecce482555/6624625514.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_off00014023.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14023 16760 bytes
SHA-256: 0c5a04356d2082bc41a7700ad6cd4d5296d47fb09ebe18938fb41da5d5a849bf
font_01_sfnt_off00016bba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16BBA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000183d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x183D1 11152 bytes
SHA-256: daadbb0e251215da6b5a24d41e052987525cc3c0d3196a5240ffa74f2a17eda7