Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed5bbe57b5aa32cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 03:57:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 513233c713f52d34c52e7790567241e0 SHA-1: 1449ec4e7d6bd54630db4ad73aa5241bc6558433 SHA-256: ed5bbe57b5aa32cba006eece210f3180b9cac3fcabe5fa13bdcd16ce363397ab
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting. This structure strongly suggests a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://faithleader.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5188380756.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087810c15aca---bumuvuzilewugiboru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bio-obst-und-gemuese.de/userfiles/file/papatojajaxajugavep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2606464092---siditisope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehouseconcert.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50439756015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tai-group.com/upload/files/85279695749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.litesourcenc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d2431fecdfd56bc26a6b797a0146c32/96526871843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1f0b5bbb57ff9fb44b5c3759babab72/davokozox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080da05da958---poromesimafutadovizomud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609832ab37211---dawoguxagara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thegioibaobicarton.com/Images_upload/files/10331924417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ffb9b3f35d8---narexuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://josepholszowka.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/badavukewadimodonari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elskup.pl/images/assets/file/61602271537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttmplus.com/userfiles/files/81474532791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e2032d350c3---56445062169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fairtradeportal.pl/userfiles/file/gevumanasukurudet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yksskj.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76097423632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recrute.fr/files/files/93704427858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubselectionvoyages.net/images/file/ramoxibumakususofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gramercygrand.ru/files/file/81258572941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://syteq-pro.com/userfiles/file/94661180523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160859d0b8677c---91708406924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khanoomhoteli.com/basefile/khanoomhotelicom/files/59604625905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e1c76a59b98---tinaridesotizipalewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=cp+pt+linha+cascais+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_off0000e31e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE31E 18112 bytes
SHA-256: 653a29dd1048310f8b4efdd19374eded9a952231a06cc8e191d3476447f182d1
font_01_sfnt_off00011136.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11136 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001294d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1294D 10396 bytes
SHA-256: f68cc839f9cc4427430b8b5a9724102c33c4999ab65b82a882d84734916bc31d