Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed668a336038e69e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-10 22:02:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 2eaff937c480d5b3fd02571fc56ca7b4 SHA-1: 350a1b31d8541e737a3e21d6efcde7b7e8cd114e SHA-256: ed668a336038e69ea99524d4bf27300a616ec97ef57605b21f04f001fa831765
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to PDF files hosted on compromised websites. This suggests the document is designed to lure users into downloading further malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 https://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=clipboard+clear+android PDF link annotation
    • http://abwclayton.com/uploads/files/funofixoxoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bushregenerators.info/userfiles/files/16554571946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://estatepie.com/files/userfiles/file/10119214973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8c71f6a5028cf82ef60e6353749e741/jezozumawakejevibuxifawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakabaeducation.com/userfiles/file/74444527588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regimhotelierbucuresti.com/images/userfiles/belajodagakirav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushikyototogo.com/uploads/files/57440592422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmshospital.com/mm_engg/files/53812327267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd7de5f18806a5e0f4af74c2bf949f83/26025172278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apteka-wratislavia.pl/halatecza/userfiles/file/67683369288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ffa77723fa---16140409528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ncdesign.it/userfiles/files/koluxunavosil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.info/userfiles/file/144311707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136d2cd5496f---21246417384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anbc31.iscriptscloud.com/app/webroot/files/file/muronimij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resheto.ru/users_images/fck/file/94052373700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weldingplaza.com/files/file/zifakezosufosareriwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fundacjahfg.pl/upload/file/24328778422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tivatijapan.com/uploads/userfiles/file/81903454091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wiz-fac.com/uploadImg/file/sufoxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forma8.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64521366236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81500923186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hart-metale.pl/gimnazjum/userfiles/file/28322691434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qian-ho.com/upfiles/editor/files/19141934264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5qbo7ob4u17pe8et0qb1ien13p/5653364039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cec-intl.ru/app/webroot/files/file/49143508367.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_off0000df8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF8D 17000 bytes
SHA-256: e3af754163df4516a2d6e3caa1ff84338e62802fa07f03669be45b943cf6b023
font_01_sfnt_off00010b5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B5B 10412 bytes
SHA-256: 68da5605faae5e490f8d07ab2bf715bc24cf400fd576d68dadb6dec14b6dc937
font_02_sfnt_off000122ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122BA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1