Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 edf717a6c1776196…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.7 KB Created: 2021-10-06 23:30:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8021969342c600ee5631f0215498cc2e SHA-1: df3b15770d1260b06609c2023ab48d19b9d3af14 SHA-256: edf717a6c1776196a35e63263d004aa371e506ba614bfca59bb6706475332688
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF sample was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains a link farm with numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of an embedded JavaScript stream further supports the possibility of malicious code execution within the PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=most+famous+photographs+in+history
    • https://xlquality.com/userfiles/file/40870208570.pdf
    • http://nontaromclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lopefam.pdf
    • https://tahuacoop.com/cms_gpadmin2015/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/14387337382.pdf
    • http://directartdeal.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/5358958129.pdf
    • https://datawire.gr/files/files/tikavusikexojejem.pdf
    • http://battlegrouponline.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kudasewinetevabuk.pdf
    • http://royalgoodviewresort.com/Uploads/file/27606029133.pdf
    • http://hlqh.net/userfiles/file/20210904230355_1674742315.pdf
    • https://kimcert.com/E/file/41585100230.pdf
    • http://gleb777.com/fck_upload/file/10887490621.pdf
    • http://sbs-group.co/userfiles/files/6765806931.pdf
    • https://valve-toho.com/userfiles/file/wijonetubizimejo.pdf
    • https://susta.vn/userfiles/file/78364254387.pdf
    • https://fallsplat.se/bildbank/file/90707745071.pdf
    • http://111-orte.de/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/vatibavalabavaxitip.pdf
    • http://phrabat.net/UserFiles/File/wevadarafutesoda.pdf
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132ef2805c37---54150973819.pdf
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140bedf65f36---46026172785.pdf
    • https://wolfgang-photography.com/userfiles/files/55667929902.pdf
    • https://shoppingplanet.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42724001302.pdf
    • http://seanmore.com/userData/board/file/12063819214.pdf
    • https://liantoong.com/archive/upload/files/39331672341.pdf
    • http://germainelecocq.it/userfiles/files/pudisazagolumisa.pdf
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbea2c7416691c2a5d6697886c485922/87925605101.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_off0000f6c6.bin
ca86134494001c1260e3772a290bc15469f300ba74ae582449eca928103e9dfc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6C6 20272 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012be7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BE7 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000143fe.bin
f7be4c10ccdd993b9b14296a7e4cd4e5f9f2b41124acbba3aadaf7292b2f5337
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x143FE 10832 bytes