Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed638db4d11a9737…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-07-02 12:11:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: e07c5c15b767f4ee1cc1967be6709496 SHA-1: 449f4a59ef877608fc15ccfdded02d0231db6928 SHA-256: ed638db4d11a9737fdb728b280c5fb0136bbdd1864f38cc3ba57cc9f3ec139f7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the embedded links and the heuristic firings point towards an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely via embedded JavaScript or other exploit vectors.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://wirheiraten.de/images/file/noropus.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f2babf4467110a82d0b9e55f9147f16/2691055573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e65c39d24c---xevaxixisovibarenusetitev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b27c5a154b4ff3260549c0d081e056f/27532269077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33e2a3173709968f3f4bef3625055d3d/90765444337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608789c8a181d---kesokuwazasavugegila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a21a096be53---bulelilejimuduzepumen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/331453c504fba12bc2d49a3da4cf2cfe/zukituwukenuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doo-san.com/userfiles/file/20210513234946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a528a1d804078992b35255ec59ccc21/xigirojafupowuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dbcasagayathottam.org/assets/uploads/cms_images/files/jafekunotodijejugafixiges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160812eeb9c02b---65666758250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canvangdientu.com/images/file/19804697424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americansummercamps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160701264a7c66---2499298313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v8fd8p5vlgr2hofoigcistp06n/damomewapeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irrisyst.eu/files/file/30858942623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e70576c599---fobixopalived.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/757926a55eee6425611e640c28c7e8f5/naxevebanutikutako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607908986c398---jaluperugimupamegalupozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moto-bike.pl/userfiles/file/93912597253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vkt0dqas5ceff6au5480nsd82u/mirazutasotijed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ce74c7926986f93a320837e8dc67fcf/57834267261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bantinnhadat.com/users/files/99898542483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rocincorporated.com/domain.com/images/dynamic_pages/file/39116973878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+reader+for+iphone+5PDF 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_off0000e9ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9CA 16536 bytes
SHA-256: 513b3f177915a5a5b3e9b33fe1c9559b6c1bd9bd93852b733e211fd3675d00c4
font_01_sfnt_off000114a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114A0 10420 bytes
SHA-256: a8719c22975305a6ce35985d3a96994dbc548f1b61596eee9513e72b779e7c83
font_02_sfnt_off00012c1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C1D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1