Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 edff8893995e3050…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.9 KB Created: 2021-09-21 22:20:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c73eb143946cc000d38f89eb7cc4d8f4 SHA-1: cc9c86a425d24905b4ebc3e3abaf65fa6ad26189 SHA-256: edff8893995e30505a4cf38c4ecd45111f2f734a73f6bd0bba686b0f780d5dad
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a spearphishing attachment designed to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 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 https://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=white+heart+emoji+in+android
    • http://vistobrasil.net/uploads/file/migezeruropas.pdf
    • http://benhvienlaptop.biz/userfiles/file/75515803774.pdf
    • http://snkpost.com/fckedit_file/file///20210904_23_50_9.pdf
    • http://fotofolliasanlazzaro.it/userfiles/files/puzopuvamevanapa.pdf
    • http://yejida.com/userfiles/file/zisuxemivefugotigobo.pdf
    • http://kitpaisal.com/mypicture/file/nuzikijegaw.pdf
    • http://teenmag.cz/userfiles/file/39395071755.pdf
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613527f416bf2---53660514748.pdf
    • https://tcremich.lu/files/files/12493289393.pdf
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c9453f4d1dc9dab4299231fc3d9e6cb/43989884287.pdf
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/bozikagesezudu.pdf
    • https://szallas-karpatalja.hu/upload/34155746288.pdf
    • http://mertcelikkapi.com/userfiles/file/46090182731.pdf
    • http://eros-arena-reutlingen.de/eros/userfiles/file/redejo.pdf
    • https://securitydm.com/slicice/file/zusikisuseminege.pdf
    • http://ccsilver.kr/files/fckeditor/file/1313442055613d42f28cf1a.pdf
    • https://rakowka.pl/userfiles/file/xupiwisusexebotazonad.pdf
    • http://rgn2u.com/userfiles/files/wifokibirulatigoxuju.pdf
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e379c8f9348cea6ff5dc356745f3a59b/pisunijog.pdf
    • https://superiorservicesandsolutionsfl.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/63078809374.pdf
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89794a2f49e2dd4c1f5333b64e80aaee/81534241171.pdf
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613da65c35439---pokatolobigizita.pdf
    • https://volpatoebrum.com.br/_common/admin/scripts/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8882602259.pdf
    • https://x-leather.com/radsportfiles/file/xobogikigugowus.pdf
    • https://otterdisplay.com/userfiles/file/97509618805.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_off0000b712.bin
d3641461a97d1a3c954c28a0fa4ecf017d1e2fb0a6cae4182954cf664cc98854
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB712 10424 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce7a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE7A 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000e68c.bin
b183eb37c5e7d9038a836263825420fbd171011e921065ac1b5050bff633d9a6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE68C 16936 bytes