Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 edbbad72c3102f9b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-09-13 06:28:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 6cac682eb625318ee0c8b6c7b50d4391 SHA-1: 508ab8083899ab3868bb17d195e7e1ec9fa644b3 SHA-256: edbbad72c3102f9bb494fdf6b0f10f4436179b582e44bc86ee783dda30fc056c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the embedded links and the PDF structure points towards an attempt to exploit user interaction via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://biosurfest.com/userfiles/files/bivuzajeviwagepivunuw.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thanhnhomdinhhinh.net/uploads/files/bujozifagulebibubadazuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613021aea43eb---88896945086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vcvscr.cz/www/www/fckphotos/file/rapasowubalaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sexualaufklaerung-schule.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96861480615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquarium-kochi.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wadopigikozitajusumatoput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrudolf.com/userfiles/zevomezoweviludipeval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bftt.marketsearching.com/upload/files/92891800981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whitedwarf.ru/public/images/ckfinder/files/36688605456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jayeonrak.com/upfile_editor/2021/files/bidonewepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udokutscher.de/gfx/userfiles/files/gasis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reichspfarrer.sk/file/323104859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.introspekta.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/93085488691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rovitek.com/userfiles/file/wazemubixuzigodawomeboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujavietnam.com/images/Download/27794450538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobaths.com/app/webroot/img/files/wokuvosifewogebuwujig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karate2.cdmedia.pl/userfiles/file/gadebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmrh.myagenda.cz/pictures/editor/files/24839347930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b9136134aac926fce05715d26a924d5/savoxepovakelajunaguju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariovianello.eu/userfiles/files/82814684771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dnt-mayak.ru/content/File/mizajukirivurolitesen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interwork.sk/userfiles/file/46253651702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carmelocuritiba.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/webevetonerevalemok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zatoodesign.com/userfiles/files/xunonoruwunavutuxawobuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altinay-law.com/images/file/59643691672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/462e94e0bd949b63b8a5f34d09359906/makepejawapozavirogikow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=smart+switch+apk+iosPDF 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_off0000cd71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD71 19324 bytes
SHA-256: 945f322244276557b8d590f0ab0d6b9e754d1f311a20baecc7cac9bdee238b1d
font_01_sfnt_off0001006e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1006E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011885.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11885 10608 bytes
SHA-256: 0561665ba9f8be051bc2d117031cf08a3a70a67339542fea50399c962a10c358