Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 edd8302efab306b0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.4 KB Created: 2021-09-09 16:46:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: a9a62e48308e60cf73aaed5d654b0bb0 SHA-1: 67f419e6186f3f75bc9ea95e40b5588b96764b8b SHA-256: edd8302efab306b082cc5b21d900fd73584525634d5d7f313eb510a40418cbf6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating it is a link farm designed to trick users into downloading files. The presence of a 'download button' lure and numerous links to potentially compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting further supports this. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=line+apk+file+download PDF link annotation
    • http://dioceseofniranam.org/userfiles/file/tapomavaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mayepnuocmia.vn/data/ckfinder/files/nagimefug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowadalbyt.com/userfiles/files/pobepuvibuzafotuvojolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarant0g3l-turbo-h1t.com/contents/files/47716991563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blogsma.com/files/33232571904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cachnhietcacham.vn/Images_upload/files/vobokil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134af4a72b03---64957168566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://congluc.com/upload/files/gufawegebufowidatam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://01host.ru/userfiles/files/tanumifosukukutulezuziwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopol.com/userfiles/files/41704965437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pavimentosyreformasferlu.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85443814222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibzakon.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vufesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmshospital.com/mm_engg/files/30726457588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailynewsodia.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/90953566417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livstyle.ro/home/livstyle/public_html/uploads/files/zopetopujufoduwupotol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prieur-equipement.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tanevezifatafoxoxexolir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albertopizzetti.it/userfiles/files/73013885124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613065f971bd0---poxedewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elard-group.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luwugiwelotebogim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161396e3079a80---putirozetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sibconsulting.com/contents/files/35858378384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kudamatsu.org/userfiles/file/suwawamizigobetax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sicilyontable.it/userfiles/files/58886530422.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_off0000cf51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF51 19012 bytes
SHA-256: 47e1cfaabd0456a423419f3a981db0a817111f3d4b46f56ea9c77c2e1ab122d1
font_01_sfnt_off0001009c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1009C 10260 bytes
SHA-256: 79ec7b1a7d5c3a03ff7403d4dcf97d60ed0a02fe51c808c9c9417c3418d9847a
font_02_sfnt_off000117c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117C7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1