Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 edb100d27344ee31…

MALICIOUS

PDF

144.9 KB Created: 2021-06-26 20:24:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d3c22b21de74693366d0ecceff38c803 SHA-1: af58ba5c9a83746125f0afd11e2a9bcaf396e82d SHA-256: edb100d27344ee31bbb072dbc0bcc20a29b55311204689ab31743f795c8463b2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains a link farm that redirects to multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised CMS platforms and disposable domains. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded URLs and link farm structure suggest an attempt to lure users to malicious sites, potentially for exploitation or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9761

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://sjhrz.com/images/upload/File/xorut.pdf
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9cdc91143e18d3da1039c2db63fe38e/dexufosep.pdf
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t5vo8a9f0vrr9vii581p0amdun/wibasubefifilutow.pdf
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcbab0f9c679f66ef6c79f660870ad83/44771649119.pdf
    • http://xboxheerlen.nl/userfiles/file/42218470971.pdf
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160739282e6a5f---34919852569.pdf
    • https://fiscalonline.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/wubajonemenesozikixapara.pdf
    • http://maciejabramowicz.pl/upload/files/file/28219569782.pdf
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nk0iahq4afu6ci52akssgrqei3/2029320564.pdf
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609635f835c1a---sajepomavugovuven.pdf
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc0500e4c30---90769530925.pdf
    • https://mimpishio1.com/contents//files/15256221533.pdf
    • http://bygreenpure.com/userfiles/file/35329561479.pdf
    • http://bmhs1963.com/clients/7/72/7286fd37811b7a5dece6e69924e4d5ab/File/tubisibomewifavapamivo.pdf
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd0671c545a---51113605181.pdf
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/pefiritejezuxam.pdf
    • https://topinsolventa.ro/userfiles/file/78229160532.pdf
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8ba724c1d1798aed054cfb8d40bb4e4/89712429779.pdf
    • http://kimhoatra.com/upload/fckimagesfile/lerexesubiwu.pdf
    • http://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/40161885477.pdf
    • https://ensasoft.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6j3o086qv51initu99msi22ni1/sujivalavazedixipepufa.pdf
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160871c96cfb56---rifavokajezelaneno.pdf
    • http://phenix-security.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160866d78780c9---wojubalezobegimubajupowo.pdf
    • http://ecohost.ru/pics/images/file/98749464230.pdf
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608058e42c723---26396297065.pdf
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a2e7232696e14703e44a56dd86c3460/dujupevun.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=chuck+yeager+autobiography+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_off0001d7cb.bin
da47cfd5980c5958414b50fa271dc8df85c7a3024f27e5f10c311c0e31a8cee7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D7CB 17224 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0002044a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2044A 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00021c61.bin
660b375d9619f9be878a9ec1e3f8c20b11284c6425a24c2d57253ef584af9456
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x21C61 11056 bytes