Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed3456f9eba65ec1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 15:50:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 4e81661280e023817a1cb2a4b079d912 SHA-1: 4ab70fa3ab73fc1db13f1e4042bdd0b2add674c1 SHA-256: ed3456f9eba65ec1947864bcbb6d7027168b0120e1763d8f227189bab7430962
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it contains numerous links to compromised websites, likely intended to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 https://tempatpasang.com/contents//files/95563966967.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.elshandmadedesign.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bazif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b44d47ce879---belijapumopakujit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btsmstlucia.com/atomicsteps/upload/userfiles/file/93082425756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b717c6504---12928363548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschadenexpert.com/userfiles/file/16517311371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7bc3c7b950---zoxizuvivonedes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://defi128.com/userfiles/files/62927676132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uralinteh.com/uploads/files/5147212080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/culghuf4lhk10mmlvcm34fu6q0/1680684620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvutheapec.com/upload/FCK/file/62155256092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trovas.com/userimages/jemugonizepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12shio1.com/contents//files/dezadunodaniwomal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://griswoldremgmt.com/uploads/files/zopawusufiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160787832824e2---70328829801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087cb8a3150e---sefafijebadutuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amoy-art.com/Upload/file/febinelexarekimode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaldeliverancecathedralchurch.com/clients/2/22/22dae496a1749ae881e6bee195142b05/File/nezebafopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607973c17b92c---nunufowafod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixmyhelicopter.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/rakagakuzekiziwuverus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerdallas.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94c4c3375540405ac1d41f8783411074/lupitugonugiwefaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a802cc8b4b300c84498f336e5ac0398/21006457163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sogelec-eng.com/files/ckfinder/files/95240677720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chistogood.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55300892975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5efl65kkpnmbqf2pmh9s8l1d35/58178209909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=class+10+cbse+civics+chapter+1+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_off0000f570.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF570 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 2572dd9053e5c40763ef976c5b180ce9be54ddb70b644a5beb31e9f9f44d65e8
font_01_sfnt_off00010eae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EAE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000126c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126C0 17996 bytes
SHA-256: 965fbe9b949f8feab914f7661e92ad0e80cc66a42526c5785b1262dfc50d6462