Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed914adb0b78c208…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 11:01:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: bc6ed2b1f24efddbecb01b1e978562f5 SHA-1: 610e6e9e9ae06ec704cc42e989ee2a68fc0c6e2c SHA-256: ed914adb0b78c20883eef88a0fb6528a8008aa9d9edbe92fec3c31829f74dfe0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware-hosting sites. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) suggests an attempt to execute code or further exploit the user's system.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9946

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 https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb25edc245b236c60f3ab9380d2a7eaf/luzalubatokovogigoxobaz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://americanpetrochemicals.com/customers/CMS-IMAGES/file/65839191988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607008ee72e47---vurix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612187eddbec8---lasigepigus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asckhn.com/acskhn/userfiles/file/vutokivilinerexegudud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retta-bg.com/userfiles/jagodugini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612cd94b9cfe6---lezudefexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af945761e6b---ruzajobazaviwamogupipiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thecuriosityshot.com/91511987722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boldino-hotel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ligod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/wemudifuzanegowugazam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polyacer-ecp.com/userfiles/files/20210729_133551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique-u.biz/images/uploads/file/nudalovadibivivofokun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fedb7b0ab4a---kiradapogegativozajanuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euchebnici.com/img/file/vigerovuwovamojujukodove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://menifee.hanasushichoice.com/uploads/files/daxinopox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-pisanie-prac.pl/famprojekt_z_serwera/images/file/riteda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innotack.com/userfiles/files/gepusikenivepiresivis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c0d2eb7757---budag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/85025798545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://storemisr.com/uploads/files/gejovor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/tifitomozizudevusode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://norservis.info/files/files/bewugumopepozanefuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3rpng5opfhic9a7v6gjtrfbilu/vipizosogewopawodal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capmar.eu/userfiles/file/90670346423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=libro+severina+pdfPDF 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_off0000d733.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD733 10508 bytes
SHA-256: 06712e92b3076177ec54c1ff335b6c827e0c2bff44df46038bb0babcc9b04d82
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF02 20196 bytes
SHA-256: 7257f1690b828bed518225cf79d75ea34d31f4eeaa46c1dfc6069de54730e7da
font_02_sfnt_off000123d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123D9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1