Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed2f584162acba02…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-08 06:37:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 6044b807fda1ad3dd3f422505ad7e38c SHA-1: baf74ad5c372d260ed236aeaf687933e9565cb08 SHA-256: ed2f584162acba02e6cff5999ea1f687faf4a0bf67d6c3549ef7ef82718e159d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the embedded links and the heuristic firings point towards a malicious document designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=butterfly+life+cycle+worksheet+ks1 PDF link annotation
    • https://realestateconnect.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2ki9vl9ssmo8qbhmmnm9rb485/7029804896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amdind.com/userfiles/file/vibuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdmatik.com/uploads/file/rukaborevejapolomesuxufox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palami.by/images/file/69808687157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotocaroli.it/userfiles/files/47829806647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbondcorten.com/attachment/file/1ede1e870bf8301d8fab316d67394955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89b7808762c18c38c3f6e79e039e49a3/20659325023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://golf-tout-terrain.com/publish/page/file/kojusam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonide.org/userfiles/file/79872736367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szpital-sulecin.pl/images/fckfiles/file/34284006605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maugli24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53a62682cb2046a3c8432c7f8ef3c4c8/53500868777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160763df227cb0---kogozibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techscreening.com/userfiles/files/juxufaluxakifopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cowichanmusicfestival.com/userfiles/file/zetalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadgatecapital.com/userfiles/file/woxexawupipitolupibed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4182154f6a---zawutabipovirizazaliledo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/wujituvidotel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicodavico.eu/userfiles/files/53435339651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://volgogradexpo.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58818573316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rodolphe-blanchet.fr/Rodolphe/fckeditor/file/8359905011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helmmsp.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1cd68d55806a4fa9b11cf6524b99c82/95498480127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1865d4fd40---9672920773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160702d84ad60a---molowarixidokowanovubezok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinyoungvalve.com/userData/board/file/22887434384.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_off0000e559.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE559 17688 bytes
SHA-256: be79daca2598e88358463fb5a198fc7a83ad688f4c8ae7a5869118051678d472
font_01_sfnt_off00011366.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11366 10664 bytes
SHA-256: 3ad9ad5574dccc3d07af88e480b37749983e90b67b8f6cce9bc77a9242bdf2de
font_02_sfnt_off00012c2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C2D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1