Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4ceca60eedb97615…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 05:29:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 9bb917c13f3228fdb745a1568fa9212b SHA-1: cce28fc81d67ffcc31406d43c8ea69f5e36ca14f SHA-256: 4ceca60eedb97615138f777fd9cbeb5b000c2d1573caba1c3dc1f0725563db4c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bacharach+monoxor+iii+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/964d7a9f23b5e9583459befe76396228/98548489757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.agro-zavod.ru/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63511173322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drukarnia-warszawa.pl/pliki/file/21975341707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d64e4619ce---maxixalopawat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e44a689154---71514161638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swaminarayangm.org/userfiles/file/66909161931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85ca9ec3694be844a58660530f6d08d5/83708005744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwlondonblvd.com/uploads/files/kipekukinekagojege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cherriestattoo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/faxofasazusosopolusobagez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100aa52071b8---kilunogidexenepemipep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuboni.com/uploadfile/hong202108251042273318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iominneapolis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7eaed08ed21b1f5655cdc377965fc4c8/79858632649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galeriejacqueselbaz.com/userfiles/file/xejazunajenatife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amsaneeraus.fi/userfiles/files/sarawuvopizibupojetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poketomecam.com/uploads/files/1383132171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fiumaradelsossio.it/userfiles/files/34485438134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drapikowski.pl/uploaded/fck_files/file/55828430242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecogestval.com/userfiles/file/vilik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicoprato.eu/userfiles/files/xufibawejepuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duszek-lasu.pl/userfiles/file/rupevepixunavexal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesaddlebank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ntr6m5krvlvbllbskfkv2qbhbe/59507382622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assignmentmart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77111256967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aj-logistics.com/stock/userfiles/file/92097079641.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_off0000f49d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF49D 18972 bytes
SHA-256: 4ff6323de89c7dbfb9c0231c29bc6e11ddc44734d781564a10e134c908a3b557
font_01_sfnt_off0001263a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1263A 10352 bytes
SHA-256: 306553aea2177bc79b49f89b93158c5d94567ddf5c88cac870229550085d6116
font_02_sfnt_off00013d60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D60 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1