PDF malware analysis — malicious · 8ceb14ab9e4baee5

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 11:09:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29

MD5: cacda0229d14233965724d8a760d415e SHA-1: 1bb5423d2b35546ec365a0b706b95a0ee8dd1d86 SHA-256: 8ceb14ab9e4baee592f01ff6c476653491882fc451be4f30addf78fe77754097

156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards an attempt to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fhofdoqmc7mfu2klrs9np7dv61/30952807891.pdf In PDF document text
- http://mweb.cz/images/file/49011317361.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://xn--l3cbpp3gh4a5g5c.com/userfiles/files/11543619887.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ecab059b991---47866729814.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://luluscafeonline.com/uploads/files/47659974136.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://saovietgroup.com/upload/FCK/file/dojenozovu.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://otoform.com/upload/ckfinder/files/nonanajamidegopimazun.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://cncostruzioni.com/userfiles/file/48425390749.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://bibliotheque-des-arts.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92488924173.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/jetajutawavigasi.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://serviceservice.eu/userfiles/file/betewaronolemupajij.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://studio5r.com/userfiles/files/26707712594.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://hi-reid-solutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60f8e85be22174055acb7fc11c143f99/nofonelijoporutirero.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6784f5c5df82ac687f6cb15b1f78dc0/wewedoduzososugimopekunil.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://ctyrkolky-gamax.cz/data/dokumenty/naxeg.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.benyowsky.com/resources/files/zupolegibinopapa.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://xn----9sbbnbtte4cyg.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuniwo.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf5efa1b5e---jibumedaturikoxilexobine.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d706d36e3c14b7a1acbc7d1c2108a9b/86858916657.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072d4ec0d180---gugilunixumasuxizozixas.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086cad164cdd---73548711729.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://westboroughhigh76.com/clients/b/bc/bc4984db1d461a603911d7e4814e3e59/File/zuzawuriwulowa.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://xn--9w3b270a7kf.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/naditaxogijedonokipamud.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://arc-en-cielproduce.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2688087156.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/365d84pfcmtrk6o2hq63nafet4/71298452208.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://74ahs.com/clients/2/2a/2a132ee8da0778863662fd4b1fa251ed/File/ruvomeduwotifavuzavemek.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=population+growth+and+economic+development+in+ethiopia+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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`font_00_sfnt_off0000c9ea.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9EA	11152 bytes
SHA-256: `a0e201650ada719c5cfff3a523ce597e10c599585bc3fa0d1be31a96c0bd489b`
`font_01_sfnt_off0000e3a5.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3A5	16752 bytes
SHA-256: `c02c8521372cffc332c0ad97f88b7427b103b1b22def11b1429ac50b58c41bd0`
`font_02_sfnt_off00010e22.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E22	16792 bytes
SHA-256: `9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1`

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