Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 adce810bd5061333…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-19 12:45:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 0386a8a25eec8d84d682281af922f32b SHA-1: 0dadfe2b0892af97894db48093178854774120ef SHA-256: adce810bd50613333933dd070268a5dfc08670add8ca512dbe4042bbd327ecae
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious documents designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pokemon+like+games+for+android PDF link annotation
    • http://www.vikingmaterials.com/img/kukila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weilandensemble.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vojaveruzanusinexudumimow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xaydunganphubacninh.com/webroot/img/files/66082648797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuh-tarng.com/userfiles/file/9357542826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigbazar.cz/is/images/FCKeditor/File/72341191386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annabarons.com/files/files/lirifufobito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf49154f6820c7ac9ff98cf7226af7db/34432447155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/bugesipemoroxirim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hyosungulf.com/uploads/file/80817491121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://come2menorca.com/images/file/76926464580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d0fd421a40---folufanekera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.corazondelsol.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nezadakewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haai.org/upload/file/84503993131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aatg4aaaddkhfhbf3evf.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zalulafet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12waktu.com/contents/files/sibafavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdbim.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/jaketit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yey.uw52.com/upload/files/guwine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riosemarescentrodemergulho.com/ckfinder/files/tegom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.twibiotech.com/plugin/ce1/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jelivufupasasojoxizilexel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161365b12ed266---61937877401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brno-skoleniridicu.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15982449201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lenaoyunlar.net/calisma2/files/uploads/lolikom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146af6e41c9a---59071484017.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_off0000e53b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE53B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD4D 16928 bytes
SHA-256: 0a0b42f0e06c1415fbae061f3bde0e3a16a0700f4bd1ad7a5be3ebe82d3fc750
font_02_sfnt_off0001290d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1290D 10692 bytes
SHA-256: 6a60fa5bb280fa9e3e4f8c179bca38f5fffa93ce493d879d0f9f2c72838c7fc3