Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed692ad5b594d1fd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-23 03:07:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: c7181f47c701b6eb1eafff7030840857 SHA-1: 261416d149e46e93059fab633ea895b42f0f8d24 SHA-256: ed692ad5b594d1fdba52931eceb75eea8a47b7d83d6a93246758576ff2891598
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. The use of 'utm_term' in one URL further suggests tracking or a lure for specific content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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 https://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=loki+season+1+episode+1+watch+online PDF link annotation
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qkc8eg2tk94be8sea8e3799sut/3889828289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auxerretv.com/content/public/file/91193797447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasyo.net/files/file/fedasasosikoperegebupuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gonguyenkhoi.vn/upload/files/bunijoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d7eb70a3c0---82076201678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioimercedes.com/upload/files/gufemufogilamogukegazafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modernplating.com/userfiles/file/kixopinijopiwuperevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturestuff.nl/siteimages/file/varotawojob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jasz-pap.hu/UserFiles/file/41301366280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agrostroi-proekt.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73461824061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kxqcgs.net/filespath/files/20210916071116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60369fb75169a31fe3aaefb4b03910a9/logosezoxonowojigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luckyfood.itweald.com/uploads/files/614647087f101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promobryansk.ru/userfiles/files/42919043350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehlibeytalimleri.com/resimler/files/93417356969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aqua2go.pl/galeria/file/zavetamukoven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhquoc.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/werabixipitakatoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pirkitpadangas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bolifapotopofizezever.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xatrbio.com/userfiles/file/newebunazefopodaleri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xingyeknitting.com/userfiles/files/xanurom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbcom.fr/ressource/site-image/files/53750994539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140ffafed29f---78445895414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/wefipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfect-gallery.com/userfiles/file/7652498747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://degeninhotel.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lejibutufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mhzsolutionz.com/userfiles/file/98626008409.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_off0000e505.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE505 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD17 16852 bytes
SHA-256: c97bb6c46ea78007d7be263913a0f8c3d49bd95f3dccdcc489e8faaa04104109
font_02_sfnt_off000128d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128D2 10700 bytes
SHA-256: a4ded4063f96e1b281c8b7597cec909f2563f4b85ea09ee095f6c7e8e5b55597