Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed8f798bbaa693fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-08-30 15:17:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: c7132a6f8ca3e55cdcd391fac1b21a06 SHA-1: 3c3e039250b7d81ff726e23f3752507a1d511f00 SHA-256: ed8f798bbaa693fc418c923251911408fce7e5b79d750c6c6970fba646f45c1b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a high volume of links on potentially untrustworthy domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or directing users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-15/20210615045222661853.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tea-ra.com/user_data/upload/save_image/files/26903534604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa72c637f92ffa8648cede18c69f5067/podedaxewol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainbrookbuilders.com/home/mountain/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bapipevuxululanulozezone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e060641d30252d78ca4afad812fb73d2/vapopefisitabuvidaxebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c60ed27b525---zujuzefil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrt-foto.hu/_user/file/loxagikorafawalosuwox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876d1864c59---67873369845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.introspekta.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/pemeraxasatig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075cd263fd3d---gosovewegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protectname.xyz/whoisprivacy/userfiles/files/75029752159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vicotelecom.vn/static/source/images/file/18346072657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reaga.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pexeduvulixamibezuxutes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stihoplet.by/upload/editor/files/zisizalulijugesuromuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leavingcare3plus.ch/userfiles/files/jowadukibakimera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/609bb819bf6883a6566f10770aeebc1c/sebuletosabuxusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/zijezapadowilabupan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gartenstadt-apotheke.com/userfiles/file/21978636943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077f605f0141---vidafifaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okzawidow.pl/img/upload/files/mexoledivodogasigokopuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://youstore21.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a190f73bd17cc77b35948953ca8187ff/9461513584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--aknmedcal-wpbe.com/uploads/file/wovetupetobuxewularo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rais.bg/uploads/file/98143649073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=professional+indemnity+insurance+average+costPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000ed93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED93 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000105aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105AA 11100 bytes
SHA-256: e5392edaa900015e4836676ce4ff3c06c1000af73f17a16d28972839a6d0b8b7
font_02_sfnt_off00011f65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F65 16848 bytes
SHA-256: afa2695158d9363682ffd4fac37c38bc2494f788a5948f6ef5a22519a4e4d2c3