Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed858550ff68daa3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 06:55:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 1e656e22b791fe77024366529849e94c SHA-1: 5dc8509d067fc988c8d8b2a78e2a78e3182dbc32 SHA-256: ed858550ff68daa3a026a0c1a30716c186f25e733668d079a4feb3758e78910b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites, and includes a deceptive download button. The primary goal appears to be phishing or distributing further malware through these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9897

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=science+module+grade+7+2nd+quarter+answer+key PDF link annotation
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/73315862089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813d6b7fc2b---lemojimesonufoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hjtech.org/admin/upfile/file/79830495657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a16d30bcf80313459485a3e472232d0/32998502646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b89ada6f7f---zadijorewibewarora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0d3d5d02da---nelakipulax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icwest78.com/clients/67591/File/68814605048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aradovan.com/userfiles/file/gogaxizafopipejiwuvevel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b4dc8a13f3---vunamopigatopamusonabunop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f4bb98b311---85205012569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yalcinsezer.com/upload/ckfinder/files/69077367944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c33617bb87b8c928b230595e64bff04/jeluzanimazupoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audidalys.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80583421378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctkupavna.ru/upload/file/11187793668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abd60838ef4daf710d7079639275a24d/13132074704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquamedicasatumare.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88097471320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c97581947d---37297696918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b750d308d---wifulufalefozenokupalur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ottotech.center/userfiles/file/3427751394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iib9m44k331ambj749284u2lj3/24785683991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://celesteandtorsten.wedding/images/file/65706844200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f79af52ac0---pedetiluvufuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iword.de/userfiles/file/25682416536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609099c14c273---pelew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160860ca79c8e8---fenijuxezenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mp-hd.de/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/46187230343.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_off00010077.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10077 19684 bytes
SHA-256: 8e9e3fc6770b79afdf02835ab34d4abc71787eac2d84a5a5ea115b03b4de481c
font_01_sfnt_off00013332.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13332 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014b49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B49 11496 bytes
SHA-256: 9be87bd2b106f032ab09908873677d134e4a6a823f20a45a23bc7bde30e9850f