Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 edb7fbea39c066b0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-09-21 14:57:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 1fcb88fe003e7bb9ae9ba9590ed89086 SHA-1: 4502bc3b4518bf222e9421a9dcc3fa78f970ba9c SHA-256: edb7fbea39c066b0c3c4c318259e05d00bb9e3fbf5604182b7db0b4fd37f61ff
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or link farms. The presence of 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics, along with the ML classifier and ClamAV detection, strongly indicates a malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are used to host further malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=content+provider+in+android+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://etre-cheval.fr/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/etre%20cheval/news_pix/file/runetorumenegozubimunasis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diamant-x.sk/UserFiles/file/silenojesujagoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etasystem.net/userfiles/files/81412768989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4jd70tfduv2063s9bdie0h5ifp/sedewanoradutusuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161435f7b1585c---49480918735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lwim-ouargla.dz/ar/files/15899180423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16149087561330---66374024836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bedrucken24.de/userfiles/file/vomifaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgyscom.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-9/20210909200944454330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efnnma.org/files/file/56585998943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevvalturizm.com/rsm/files/pajolamobuxubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fe04fa80ba---74609947285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corcreation.twbiz.me/data/fckeditor/files/20210920_073639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sainaudit.mn/File/86113865063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/av4djpmhga5i4agleregmu7btn/62914377768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0955205219.jwa.tw/userfiles/files/megoladeligemuvuveva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://to-kajihan.net/js/upload/files/xozomenutowivupuwaduwox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanmih.com/userfiles/file/20210907173500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadcasthub.com/ci/userfiles/files/tibimibudabezafatene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dfd402805c---53428128778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139640dc6d70---36626220837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skvely-kup.cz/files/file/gugugefitofim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanconstructions.org/images/uploadedimages/file/32220114290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smeeing.com/userfiles/files/19243302914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inhome360.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73129707610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://st-johnson.com/Uploadfiles/files/nanadezizedukinepokirip.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_off0000e7d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7D1 10376 bytes
SHA-256: cf43a90f69b3b0e2ba837b4087adda1eb73010f796a5aded1cc5e490f20dd081
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF6A 17216 bytes
SHA-256: 4741bbe9e1244e323429a3c5ab7c9ac4fe7420f939722ff7c2376b8a27702b06
font_02_sfnt_off00012c7f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C7F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1