Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ade0cd1d52515d92…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.1 KB Created: 2021-09-25 18:57:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 71273d213d35a2e6a866b91954d8cb3b SHA-1: 4ad626512c0f92b4062a869c022c7b4195fb3c60 SHA-256: ade0cd1d52515d924f41ecba7fe21041c129ed0c3abd43b00baad847918725d6
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://sintniklaas.kinderopvangpimpeloentje.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77905809433.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://spcinternational.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fevenuwolezupomopubolodif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sts-cct.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/27370966159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://80tner.netsociality.com/upload/files/doxugadovigonakusokanovor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132458568414---muvaxive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webshopplus.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/nupenokekobuvebovotaseno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc020.com/userfiles/file/20210903101950_56khba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajisushionline.com/uploads/files/pufuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pomodorolennep.de/gfx/userfiles/files/zoposu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s-serviss.lv/userfiles/file/nevafalikokiwaxelekelet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://invest.pl/userfiles/file/3906913367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psycare-spb.com/userfiles/file/sorosugibafogonumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cauthinh.com/luutru/files/moxonabexux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tataservice.it/userfiles/file/tapodexurizunofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelalbicia.com/userfiles/file/24746761533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diencongnghiepvohoang.com/uploads/files/rukazorakemojilolow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.companyforte.com/imagenes/editor/file/xuravibepavirukenokox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161414a6057088---32343782464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b4745716f4---33090740641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitajeans.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuwosuzukep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travellerisland.com/files/dazitusuwoduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cafesca.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41797718338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trompis-tondschungel.de/userfiles/file/94445146500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+change+android+emoji+to+ios+emojiPDF 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_off0000aec5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAEC5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c6d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6D7 13940 bytes
SHA-256: 9bac8af7a775e5fa3f563310029ec7c5bdda2209e18defa61eff8f6e1bbaec0c
font_02_sfnt_off0000e99a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE99A 10980 bytes
SHA-256: 901dae7c56056471f81061c4954d56208b9c0535234a9326684865b044294c9c

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