Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed22ea5977661e6e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.9 KB Created: 2021-09-20 06:38:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 2b8ec099304a894fbc1df7a25eb73c75 SHA-1: 24da8d09c53d0494399b88272aa5446220722966 SHA-256: ed22ea5977661e6e2fc8da3a5ca09a51a1828a3bce5f088df29d4be1be1cc391
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cast+audio+to+android+tv PDF link annotation
    • https://agape4u.org/userfiles/file/65553913858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samajsutra.com/userfiles/files/38689365905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65942b2f6026a82eefa771bf6b2be537/23866500638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ispartaorganizasyon.com/ckfinder/upload/files/82801436763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.monts.sk/upload_images/file/25428294500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://princeworldwide.com/multimedia/userfiles/file/bimirude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monographie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dakapaminifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xahscw.com/userfiles/file/xeguxon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heninrealty.com/userfiles/files/nunibima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://museodegliarazzimarsala.com/userfiles/files/94547129195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigyikesmedia.com/home/xtremweb/public_html/consultinstitute/web/upload/files/33349295316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portofmiamitunnel.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68276465223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rumusjitu.com/contents/files/74354420306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137a9d0587fd---99583035869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weldingportal.it/userfiles/file/xidalufutokaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b566568b8e---xezufijejopizebuxavon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuroxl.com/images/file/87345235514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ed9564c7fa---xuxinasilimolaniba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apteka-wratislavia.pl/halatecza/userfiles/file/jofarakobezekiguvuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paykaaluminiya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64458856191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kiaavcilar.com/upload/ckfinder/files/71283809760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zapret-rf.org/web/img/podborky/files/21924781559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138c44331503---51692626048.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_off0000c43f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC43F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC56 10260 bytes
SHA-256: e7192c31d201aade59b128888fafc1a8bf9bef6055d5a9f2448934a4c1e55e82
font_02_sfnt_off0000f38b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF38B 16456 bytes
SHA-256: c7377fb50ee25bbff37da4dd05b5a0e376e978d21b3154d675edef6be519dc32

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