Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed57a68629d15ee7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 17:29:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: bd2ed3094b250bba57b4fa15c6aaa797 SHA-1: 023ac3c89c3eebabb4b0f0fe21b7d6476dc2b757 SHA-256: ed57a68629d15ee73fe1db59fff50b20332964ee32ecccb8b7f3c50ef40e60d3
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF dropper.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=reaction+paper+introduction PDF link annotation
    • http://johndanton.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/22473023439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608be9cda1161---sakoduvemujefazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h96mobeqh9h5rl142emofkt1r4/27257321222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b49a8ab69a---fuwavinido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omgmediatank.com/userfiles/files/ziseropov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peritaonline.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bovivujobaxurofere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074303c906e6---57235291155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitrine-prof.com/files/rokeladefarivudosujapiraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vom-ragnaroek.de/uploads/file/47292175134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/olg8o8n21dk4pvbv07l62g60vo/95096235191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://booklandbooks.com/userfiles/file/47446644116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iasvn.org/Images_upload/files/visasigigaxikid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richardchong.com/userfiles/files/19720992079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612cfa199af6b---24969422960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608219a7278f5---80465293705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160823d512e37e---20112622651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidarepavimentimarmogenovaealessandria.it/userfiles/files/13984419921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peak-experience-japan.com/images/blog//file/70986675368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niengrangchuyensau.com/upload/contentFile/file/31777585686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edu-family72.ru/content/images/uploads/file/lowejirufoxovoxore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6dbjmfk3ns1dpld8bdf1unrt5r/79867605930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aad16575050---24002672327.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_off0000d99c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD99C 10440 bytes
SHA-256: fc075503074926ef4a19061c0a2489bdcbbb64dddcc568f8c1cd1b07b89d4715
font_01_sfnt_off0000f15c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF15C 17356 bytes
SHA-256: 182a173332885787d654f95456d8cc69102925fbbd7cfb4337ac20ffdf809f41
font_02_sfnt_off00011df1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DF1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1