Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 edd3294546a47cfd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

115.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 01:29:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: fb9c50221d23360f8dcf962b3f492012 SHA-1: e6447bd7896b3eace9954d87fe505084bf6cda9f SHA-256: edd3294546a47cfd6a2a5ef6150f92e78f2b0ab19212cedcc68926df63b51a1c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of embedded URLs and the heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicate an attempt to direct users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fundamentals+of+electrical+engineering+by+vincent+del+toro+2nd+edition+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160743d8db5d34---pusenovigenanobur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085ba3e89383---jugikazoxesonudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuonanbinh.com/userfiles/file/vaxiwimoraru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chupanhnoithat.vn/upload/files/74618715184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160f58fc8334fc---23685510192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arichaindia.com/userfiles/file/punodinekulemidik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adbrf.com/files/fckeditor/file/1670219056612fb00657488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harasim.cz/uploaded/files/fowarokixelemozufow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviteksural.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zunedumujuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f2a1de1c50298344329cc2fc1c001b0/mujufewas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parquesanalbertohurtado.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nelola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf175ee15c---48570305975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0e72636945---vipituj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g2l1u8nltmr82qejgeh3unkiiq/jivukaniguzab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bensonlandscape.com/editorData/file/viwabibunefolegimog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092209e535a7---nolorojipuvepawubibifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radiosalsa.fr/php/rs/filesupload/file/49649552453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svltv.in/userfiles/files/81488228745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rogo-rotterdam.nl/files/zekiliruradesifizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17ded0e5fbe5c4a55ba6153d51f88972/zisejubul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefjordbaklawfirm.com/clients/876731/File/vabujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ms-krmelin.cz/app/webroot/files/files/87681349898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peterdegendt.be/file/jasevugavulobuzawux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g116b4rhh0idfdlr9j6c8ijvs0/723562192.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_off00015c3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15C3C 18656 bytes
SHA-256: 274217200e37dd6a7c96af2b8269e218d426b4df6b92c4eb89914e896b167da8
font_01_sfnt_off00018cef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18CEF 11480 bytes
SHA-256: 6f92decef2b87465298220e2238136be91b3cc40c55c4174c034a210f9eb51cc
font_02_sfnt_off0001a7c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A7C1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1