Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 adcdbcbf0b7014a5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 16:00:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: c9d16006ea7cd1117cbd7047030930e3 SHA-1: 02032ac423d20078d97733a5ebbbf83a89e734c7 SHA-256: adcdbcbf0b7014a5287b94d976b23bb84939c3610627a754b49e77fb3716a120
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs indicate an attempt to lead users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9914

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://terapeutickemasaze.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a02fdeea5f---76717182668.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bygreenpure.com/userfiles/file/34007459045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntwbearing.com/UserFiles/File/63612225668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aceranalitik.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26498114221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://footballsod.com/images/ck-uploads/files/kaxifasixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biblioteka-belzec.pl/upload/files/50273667865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2dnhfarvri9ooe886luajjr2a4/tezewatil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092cfa26af0b---43806037773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrelandberg.com/userfiles/file/76556339703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6kdd0o2j9k74rd8crpkhqi023r/93493599898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160798b053f856---13927781715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tannhatviet.vn/upload/files/dokajovusejaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca2dc15311713939ff8bebdc2bdcb1bb/nilin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094a467a92a3---32605907893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosklo.sk/pictures/file/5061917954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0b8ff72e20---89335065189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0425668ac14fa6021a13a95617a467c4/90686951379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-daa-wl.de/userfiles/70570879170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opusbiz.kr/data/editor/file/608458210612178e65694e.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8a51f256cd---lugubapik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ec61f38d11---gemobidipuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2e4c7b4471---vevijufaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elitagida.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iin6jiicvm6tl2te7h697afah5/51906732141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tomas-music.com/contents/files/sagikofaliromevakemajim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villa-carlshorst.de/sites/default/files/file/kudifesirewugumodej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dianacb.cz/userfiles/file/xewevabowup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=dialogue+writing+worksheets+for+grade+4+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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c1ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC1CE 16032 bytes
SHA-256: c694819d71ad2005cbdafb7d403ddf5afab533e8fb5ce9a428335cfe2d4ec68b
font_01_sfnt_off0000eac5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAC5 11132 bytes
SHA-256: c7b62bbe7678e4616a9242415c0cc35554406e7c4ab3cd287083fc32162617c6
font_02_sfnt_off00010496.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10496 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1