Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ede2a54c1bb02a00…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 01:24:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d1aa17fe6e97b58e18ab3be1cd2459fa SHA-1: 99fbc53bde7b5a3f4973771882da6bc1969c35b0 SHA-256: ede2a54c1bb02a00e9b6f3ec18b31d39f7a5985f463a71954f2f2beca05bb002
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating it likely serves as a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. The heuristics reveal a link farm pointing to numerous PDF files hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malware. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure itself facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

Heuristics 7

  • 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 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://hk-sai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56954081806.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gizaviation.com/uploads/files/69268341926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b78e52236a4---sonazubogavudaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budohurtsa.pl/userfiles/file/mifomedovadegijifaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/055819d516c7204fdd7d8876fec6e2be/19447017086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078214fe0107---panagazosinujomesoxum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautyreviveshop.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/21358713699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariosantanna.eu/userfiles/files/bajoripubiwipupuneb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichilogistics.com/uploads/news_file/takiporademafiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fapannimario.it/userfiles/files/tisifinugasaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f732c73d99e416c4e42b6de272534c0/82332912735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160795e107763c---76659887812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eurotig.ro/file/riporevavesagoxipexumur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078b2110be0c---55475984184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohost.ru/pics/images/file/82457957579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leise.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65272076397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axwelindia.com/uploads/90828222172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nazragame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/30924503847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katheran.com/clients/55933/File/26611616403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c95f6e312a9---fiwunowebufobivemogur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d931ff2f8e2---40333902137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee6eb65e012---widisoxuxitik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=clinical+chemistry+william+j+marshall+6th+edition+pdfPDF 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_off0000c28a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC28A 11416 bytes
SHA-256: ae0a41c2901f3c1c5af8e987c2f7bcb8e5cb9ac0f52ace8195450cf3c832ecbb
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD58 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f56a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF56A 17872 bytes
SHA-256: 6a100eda492c09f19a881005740c82b173d01c14edcd3916c90ead86b0834516