Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed6dabd1367040bc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

134.4 KB Created: 2021-07-03 15:04:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 54a2bde4fa1a95461bfad3b6adfa154e SHA-1: 3fd90ba9b87a322990615f1907707dddd3590d34 SHA-256: ed6dabd1367040bc3d1732770744c5307bc84d3ce02fd8bb808a38d02b7433fd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, many of which are identified as disposable or hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be generated by wkhtmltopdf, suggesting it's not intended for direct user reading but rather to host links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9945

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://bugaboo-buffalo.eu/UserFiles/File/xafulup.pdf
    • http://kasystemofkarate.com/clients/861259/File/najalaforimalibafem.pdf
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160711f25114cb---rijatasibunajuloxoduje.pdf
    • https://baobihungphu.com/media/ftp/file/1411395333.pdf
    • http://murasakijr.com/uploads/files/zefojokap.pdf
    • https://tort-art.ru/userfiles/file/99236296995.pdf
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd03f5qcc8caq52pugkp5n9139/nipubuzedamukogopitabux.pdf
    • http://goodwill.pl/userfiles/file/xixofawisewofizewaza.pdf
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ceb994e0598---32370878962.pdf
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mq7r7be78sa2ekgutdbcperain/76604501054.pdf
    • https://uppersanduskyrotary.com/cms/files/File/terapotofidefupewenilaful.pdf
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o1ct6jq01l8o5finq71g45qq14/nikagirixeze.pdf
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dnj4mqfp7k3106kkfsjt23n82/98957036764.pdf
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc0957606bc17b103cb63882333b81c5/molarafezelizeb.pdf
    • https://airshow-bg.com/file/20048386284.pdf
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gifvcrr3dl9q5p6l8tad8p90o2/jexewixubogefazofuwo.pdf
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/lobiruxo.pdf
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec04e2a097c8d5ce8e56c08d72d67b40/zorenawifulum.pdf
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/48565561653.pdf
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05ec78931166865775e1c96dd264b79a/35446997828.pdf
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7b585447f71f11f506ebe4a2f3ac563/98677886640.pdf
    • http://ludbaegitim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/7222471733.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=were+the+romans+superstitious
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001ac33.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1AC33 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001c44a.bin
b442fce3795d68a6016831e0590b7a85c2dc155f860cd215c8eb9a5cf5bcff8e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C44A 10564 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001dc36.bin
703fb978aa79e096c23a3d351da570ff22e60e0cd62e90ef0e4867da8d2f278b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1DC36 18444 bytes