Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 edd674c3d17f0d04…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-07-16 03:50:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: da3079208fe48f0c177f50f2d23f5726 SHA-1: a98c88ac76809a841bc102391b653f27de5b45a6 SHA-256: edd674c3d17f0d04afea7aa1654579d824aef3a92607a24d5d42cf22499dc165
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains numerous links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics, along with a ClamAV detection for Pdf.Phishing.Trojan, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF with high confidence.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9932

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 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u8ilgjop0c595pgreplbru6g7q/98999371276.pdf
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb1565b0fc3---vajevagipijejawovug.pdf
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uu166hfcq67qger0fgnegv0t72/86026010441.pdf
    • http://sergey-yushkov.com/pict/file/50270460400.pdf
    • http://fygl.net/uploads/file/150942362642.pdf
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607685b057abf---16718995256.pdf
    • http://smclassof57.org/clients/34860/File/nawotadewagoradokifowevo.pdf
    • http://donaldnathanlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/63059733944.pdf
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b98e22dd57d---juvakomasuxagez.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jgss1qdop51o3dkkf5909lhir4/mowaxip.pdf
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8cfb8ea617---besuxufuvexet.pdf
    • http://asdgolfclubtoscana.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/jugizujetelabofede.pdf
    • http://harasim.cz/uploaded/files/dubupevagonuzodamavoli.pdf
    • http://connect-senior.ch/uploades/userfiles/file/85380581080.pdf
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080bd7f80658---dikimerezavomuzumifixenix.pdf
    • https://www.elitelawnsolutions.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4nd1r8vllo148b56v66ijagujq/79023541109.pdf
    • http://josephfellerlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/papuli.pdf
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081ea2cb0ac3---93173763013.pdf
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099a5696f8da---80085166780.pdf
    • http://bjbtrh.com/files/pic/file/50969934011.pdf
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8dfb3c3017---27085999142.pdf
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf583d65bc5---81032436336.pdf
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d6907318eaf24486a8ce54881ea2262/99191207284.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=right+to+inform
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e66e.bin
fcca37035df06e555c2991ff65faa0e8497ca6423bee408ebc46b3aef925b516
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE66E 16144 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbed.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBED 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000113ff.bin
16ef5d2f37d44b33ba4a83df12331d42b930e52a34e3976a0eacba67f07caee1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113FF 16892 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00013fb2.bin
358e199c4aa7f9f38022d1755b57561379a58a706b76e93798e91cb85ea0edc5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FB2 10200 bytes