Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed2de59c23aea616…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 15:36:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: d9cccbc08f9ab8fe193245ec3022e484 SHA-1: 4accc80a3d1ee67217cd6dc721f5984e0143c700 SHA-256: ed2de59c23aea616bb663a21bfae00b31c8493d7f71bcaa70acd35730b2d3cd2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of multiple links on potentially compromised hosting suggests an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afa6d18f2a4---66158012304.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aldobini.it/userfiles/files/gigimek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/992dcb971fd6334f33be218aa5053944/mowegonap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanitaerprofi.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/71063085675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610c93e4ce16e---1431481760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094ae6fb505b---jarijuzud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jocoseatee.com/userfiles/files/mematazoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kientrucnhacuagio.com/upload/files/wulaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a99ca74b38e---damanurolezodozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twr1115.net/files/fckeditor/file/8253558892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cca6b1f1ec---foxox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogo110.com/userfiles/file/71504493597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linuxnewyork.com/draft/media//72255456983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zulilighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ac52dbc57d67ea376b2ecaac9f2abda/28123443074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bnblspecialities.com/userfiles/files/75908836104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3kmc6n2mk5nqm3ojklq66sv0m3/30350674015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkagenap.com/contents//files/mapumasedulujesixodato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8fe71a9a46---7337607210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prestinireedcorp.com/userfiles/files/vatujafiwud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e4e4fb0c7a---31728539101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cerathai.com/image/upload/File/50653056056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aef11ee099e---nibevepaxenowutobobasuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uzmansporzeminkaplama.com/resimler/files/gamakedifoxesenero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sziazsauto.com/uploads/files/modiludezesituri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/99509354915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0a9e5b5ec8---funiloporekokaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=stomata+lab+pdfPDF 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_off0000e243.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE243 18452 bytes
SHA-256: d40ddbe89710400cce9767fb31a592f3cb63abb82011a24f8ef99eb121123294
font_01_sfnt_off000111d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111D1 10280 bytes
SHA-256: 3b31df9e937dc166e5acabdb1f4c2b23e4b8b5d3bf04e92a1e51a9d4e3bb9a4e
font_02_sfnt_off000128bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128BB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1