Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed92a899a824876c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 04:30:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 9c062c01b9feb689729aa4d2fa3ad011 SHA-1: ee17d94020566acc5e5a90dfe0edaff114a67959 SHA-256: ed92a899a824876c2fbfb411e97ad9f6f8f3fd8e8eb179ca9ab0406d889a2ecc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, indicating an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://nsck-cykelmotion.dk/userfiles/file/97990827367.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ideylia.fr/uploads/file/zeguvubutakagiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bankkartya.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sojidakizekamamerivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestofbeer.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muruvufipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fishuntpesca.it/file/mapuzazifakeweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.derbysignandgraphics.com/uploads/file/23657588326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cassotech.nl/site/data/ws/files/62014882699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shiokerbau1.com/contents//files/9400080665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72ej8c6ck7r47lhlp7pksamc13/pugojituxun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f57c1291f2a---32037574754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eske.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbf27931a25---zirurijifedexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be4fd8c80e9---96272850339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettosirocco.it/userfiles/files/zoganemeloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tkk8ett5t0n6l2pccailrrhdko/24817133496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prokoncept.hu/admin/blogfck/image/file/jinedudozebajat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://annjulieskarpmo.com/userfiles/file/93416182351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leasebridge.com/CKUPimg/files/jaramaxez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qmh2ogts0tru9mcj39vti906ml/6612258899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8394c33944---vowojuvanuvevokuxakumob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conexkarvan.com/cache/fck_files/file/muzavuwup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirakuramenandsushi.com/uploads/files/divezejodozufuvakabasij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eachfun.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/85007752028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-7/20210707234755368229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://copingconversations.com/userfiles/file/fibalaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=let%27s+go+out+in+spanishPDF 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_off0000cc87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC87 20780 bytes
SHA-256: c7c82b719e95abb406cf48bc6166bac00873e0ecdba57afc9dd8ced7067f244a
font_01_sfnt_off000102a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102A0 10476 bytes
SHA-256: 3e307b29f0516541d43fcc34d48ddfc86ac5f6432d08381a926a8f83ece0fe50
font_02_sfnt_off00011a6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A6B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1