Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 edeb0987e51b4bc1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.9 KB Created: 2021-07-01 10:22:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4005a7d03e3acfbfd26e2578a2081d1f SHA-1: 0e99cc09b7a6dbcc4bc49caf9e797c20b78acd80 SHA-256: edeb0987e51b4bc156adfbf48ac47f86ede59cf8cd33f20c61a624cf16d0f952
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of techniques used to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=unseen+passage+for+class+2+with+answers
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d60b801d2c7---24849081272.pdf
    • http://nousgarage.com/userfiles/file/99146446624.pdf
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8f84486758---samelokapezen.pdf
    • http://saintthomasmonrovia.org/clients/a/a7/a774d5b45fc75aba9c6fcf07501e1e58/File/1697074817.pdf
    • http://odessahighschool1970.com/clients/7/70/70263b1be1b93b62200e198143f59f20/File/dagovosixepuvokiwuratez.pdf
    • http://paitoonbox.com/userfiles/files/71577474752.pdf
    • http://romanakladatelstvi.cz/userfiles/file/dinokukigob.pdf
    • http://berbun.com/user_img/file/ripitizibekanisonatiku.pdf
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091dc985f5de---goripowinaze.pdf
    • http://myphamlulanjina.com/upload/files/85017291970.pdf
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d424e30cbd2d56e2ba7d83e10781de12/11626147716.pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinikankara.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070851bab400---43810944834.pdf
    • https://creteotels.gr/FCKeditor/userimages/file/55287986737.pdf
    • https://people11people.gr/uploads/File/riketiremiwawujixa.pdf
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084e8ff1bd60---98117040704.pdf
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5175c900506c470ebd0f601131be7ac9/romor.pdf
    • http://babamoleskine.com/files/file/vusikigepilomofam.pdf
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b17df50bbd012a4b4d2eba3113279a7c/maritumowejiba.pdf
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/sadutedufezipapefuzagukul.pdf
    • http://aaaexpressheating.com/userfiles/file/74487776118.pdf
    • http://gruaszarate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42157715607.pdf
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b69b2eeb836---kowizowibikeweditok.pdf
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17d0a8c4f770f54d56483944f3d5f3ac/kejin.pdf
    • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ff40.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF40 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011757.bin
3d7af23cd8cb52e9cb86835e686a89b2a6482edca8d597786129fa113240d2f1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11757 10972 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000130df.bin
5e23a6c81d5d69888840c50d8dbd0c20876be92ecaf5dc6c383857f3723d1094
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130DF 17452 bytes