Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed96ffb36c9ecd79…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-10-06 15:07:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 074e9dd379d54f11659abea42875eacd SHA-1: 702511dc88a32007806b358df83c67811859fa37 SHA-256: ed96ffb36c9ecd79fc1530eb2014d0925407c276fd2eb35b191f43d1baed56d5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is designed as a link farm, likely to trick users into downloading further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support a malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=windows+10+find+file+by+name PDF link annotation
    • https://krusomying.com/data/file/77629779313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eslms.com/userfiles/file/23751222811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinariacomportamentale.it/userfiles/files/vovanusidudamikasufudefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laboratoriodiprogettazione-ve.it/userfiles/files/xigewodekakarigufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelexpert.ro/uploads/files/68485470125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profix.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/timizanedagefisenax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alaskaproauto.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/posabazutujizekovid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615729f7ac69c---konirujixerulodotepudonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.coverseg.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/15794603899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio70.eu/userfiles/files/62971228630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hemingway.bg/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pivelematukuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ubranni.com/uploader/files/13516159236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vetcasatenovo.it/userfiles/files/tinifin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614a22fc912d4---21876006036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://costanzolegal.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/lajedesemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colorfusion.us/admin/images/file/84074746431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eecpowerindia.com/codelibrary/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42175047557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportcity.bg/webroot/img/content/files/37089122989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tayles.com/uploaded/10571275652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tqe44v3n766hka1kgikjlkut5u/94434927555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614fe96bb3b02---73032800074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615b31932a67c---zapunefitinalopoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atol-res.pl/uploads/file/17893578327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crossfit28.com.s125853.gridserver.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/jogupenofavogexubamixojip.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_off0000dc96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC96 20592 bytes
SHA-256: 7c42fb9b68c0d13ab382cddd0744cbee644d0e3041c75908a797c6367f1e1804
font_01_sfnt_off000111e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111E9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012a00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A00 10824 bytes
SHA-256: 65f1be769d194a0841ad7dacf01a7875815a58b1057ee47b55e2b37f69e14d2d