Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed9bee7df4640485…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.2 KB Created: 2021-06-27 22:59:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 54267ce9562fef391cbcb6e14a5a0474 SHA-1: 3f1c2dfbc4f774f5a3f92805d9edbce04b262c45 SHA-256: ed9bee7df46404851fe8bf68ce49c7893cca85e51dcfe46a4887ff889ea84144
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting further PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The structure suggests a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination and potentially leverage SEO tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=christo%27s+sports+bar+%26+grill
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607752be51051---59044495026.pdf
    • http://chataphan.com/file_media/file_image/file/pagodoja.pdf
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kpqjnodet5bakheui5taqicdf4/junure.pdf
    • http://learningkey.org/userfiles/gejuselufusuwikakakafimo.pdf
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160953b0cde447---faselu.pdf
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b212817a10a---85383285732.pdf
    • http://thaimassagemodel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90602424980.pdf
    • http://soepcentrale-dekeyser.be/userfiles/file/80770048913.pdf
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160949c0ee7cc9---80177665804.pdf
    • http://ecovn.vn/uploads/news_file/45769761870.pdf
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9099aa0728b3b96229c0bb274fb15150/92766418401.pdf
    • http://jp-cable.com/d/files/pajibuzajirow.pdf
    • https://optimustelecoms.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13726132287.pdf
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/573497110f5480fff537b69b3d5658fe/67617634510.pdf
    • http://dharmapremipariwar.org/userfiles/file/jawazowajojewerimafipuze.pdf
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b09a2d3f89---kumew.pdf
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b523fd3c68d304c4fc35217d9e2d49c5/89666759555.pdf
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae812e9c3bf---wakejisebizugororamada.pdf
    • https://thisissati.com/userfiles/files/80240710624.pdf
    • https://genericdiabeticteststrips.com/userfiles/files/64953613734.pdf
    • http://airholic.com/UpFiles/WebEditorFiles/file/sojemasigumomamifeput.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c39e.bin
048ef6473005b95e15afeab08f4690d369dcb94c34c8c256be06a47d37340952
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC39E 17220 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f094.bin
5d0410e5c8c0d0059421eef50e01aa3d229340ab20cc50bfe5fbb8f36dce5e7e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF094 10272 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000107a6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107A6 16792 bytes