Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 edc5eb2781376e57…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-08-26 00:58:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6082a92701c1ace0bb1888c32b919a44 SHA-1: 27cc3ba69171b6af128263a5c10b447eb68bfe7b SHA-256: edc5eb2781376e57c410cdb0b3d1949e47af6a6002a29586038a1028d87a7de5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, likely intended to lure users to malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and URL patterns strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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 https://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=use+for+phosphorus
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/116292343eb135c32a2b55803febd32a/14501207775.pdf
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cmqm6bn5t3s8os742t04v83k6/fojinebinidulesojo.pdf
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v2fplfja2j8tjc1r8uoibbtvcc/83021389730.pdf
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b040907c82b---lotidisirim.pdf
    • http://bidwoodmachine.com/d/files/wuzafolaxipabavit.pdf
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qhmoits48r530tqdv2nsp5oeb2/sibamurin.pdf
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/94527780764.pdf
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607da340dc1fc---17982755364.pdf
    • http://midel.me/userfiles/file/vimuxaf.pdf
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ebfdd1fb9---pegusufulapogufupujeseviw.pdf
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c971875c6d---83899271240.pdf
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e88837567---46385650342.pdf
    • http://samurairamenbar.com/uploads/files/lomavopekexukuxon.pdf
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160775c4108a27---66323919334.pdf
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/90410783446.pdf
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c3f5a2117a---xidilawonav.pdf
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e5da72e8bd---78324508852.pdf
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160755d29d592f---18071164800.pdf
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qqerjjlco0gu1h9iassvmke5n7/bumabu.pdf
    • https://www.natursany.com//ckfinder/userfiles/files/68700762322.pdf
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1305ebb90ca8b5f511e952ac188449b/dadasomesekege.pdf
    • http://dajuicebarus.com/uploads/files/juxas.pdf
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a168c45d3eb---18735529463.pdf
    • https://nicklason.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/231301749.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_006_off00012448.bin
80efcc643d4af4ed339c954f95d7b5a12947786be87ad37cdde422974b6e9630
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x12448 17624 bytes
font_00_sfnt_off0000e26f.bin
e1189516142cdad3788941049679420d7fdf1aaa9db73788fe427e9c58f70c21
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE26F 16736 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010dc4.bin
ae0265990f6a9c02164bbd711c5fe3e0f6f09ad3a457c375a061a976e12cdcb6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DC4 10060 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00013f7f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F7F 16792 bytes