Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed773e6ca70842cf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

116.1 KB Created: 2021-08-16 18:06:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ee5517807f5af5de0b4f1444b85b2d18 SHA-1: 0488a9762717da10889893b3c214a458b31fe18a SHA-256: ed773e6ca70842cf7c1b3efa088dc315b42020dc0f3afd7a43c0e1f6bd65155c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9967

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=libro+de+comunicacion+oral+y+escrita+1+uas+2019
    • https://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/mubepezabizili.pdf
    • http://aqs-group.it/userfiles/files/31841388289.pdf
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6f6385e5e6---73113725385.pdf
    • https://amd-export.com/site/upload/file/pasokuvuramojono.pdf
    • https://sitpchemcieszyn.pl/_sitpchem/file/sufusabagom.pdf
    • http://velocimapper.com//webfiles/file/22790604773.pdf
    • http://farashimirooz.com/files/saborajopedeviwijumip.pdf
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ab08149971---jejenodebufipej.pdf
    • https://latrinquette.com/upload/editor/file/5158431426.pdf
    • http://nhandieurangmuoi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73377475792.pdf
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f6lkhergrefvoecklvuni1it1/86354012502.pdf
    • http://hugslock.com/app/webroot/img/files/81101894327.pdf
    • https://gdr.co.il/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40b511cf3bbac84c8d9c8286a536bed4/20812105969.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a64b3ccc1a---xakurunajoli.pdf
    • https://bandotrading.it/uploads/file/58156555638.pdf
    • http://mfcwestenkwartier.nl/beta/userfiles/file/sapededovoborepalurubul.pdf
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c1f8c178ff---3345291727.pdf
    • https://all-stage-meditation.tw/uploads/files/610bc50692e69.pdf
    • https://jakspravnenapsa.cz/userfiles/file/kosegaxisiniw.pdf
    • https://asiastudy.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xexefenolozuwivezewamok.pdf
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b4550153c5---vavagibopelonekexukazaz.pdf
    • http://sobinco.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66208488269.pdf
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4acbf55e18---91985483736.pdf
    • https://digitaldaya.com/imagenes/file/10553116941.pdf
    • 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_off00015e93.bin
d888a2e4466ccf8154e0d4ffcb9a5ef92e394c3bceb13527f3ef58d511c76461
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15E93 11304 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001793d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1793D 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001914f.bin
6c362f546708dc2717cb42797d920e813de27773c068357f299ce0afb63c6a78
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1914F 18320 bytes