Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ca714252027819d9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

125.9 KB Created: 2021-07-20 12:48:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 827fee4b78475025f7648a9708f49d67 SHA-1: 82b479e00f26a14b9c1f608874a67422287d21f1 SHA-256: ca714252027819d99bdfdf5f26c9f9ce52bc973f5542204df81dc377ac56d568
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, limiting further analysis of the specific lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9890

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 https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6789ca8358a78856c837475284cbe385/14768077839.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://deckdreams.com/clients/3/34/34055ef41782f8f15ebf372c1e39ecad/File/naxesofexuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/nejexazuxebimazisuzofom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbb3a67ab38---67017019941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honyi.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/file/vigeriwegukifinezasetiluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da2a2332d34---sulijafurare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b66299bd198---tuvikig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://italvaping.com/file/59055693571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kvbm.org/pds/userfiles/files/tuwifavevutojaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3e1666ad0d6a1ee89201ee7ea4797a6/6109474955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kernenshepler.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/sesebomuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sudburyhighspeedinternet.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3393408b976c29ddd3e76b4d646b6613/tebusosabapewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a36kl7sarj3ba1n2pb3v2i847/mojimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f249d6a4c64a880902f8213fa78febb/melubolelasov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhachoxebus.com/upload/fck/file/nibevavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086776a588db---35339385650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5cda2a17006ac196079a649ec959d02/vefinefitejasedebedegup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607384aaf357d---bizidaxazedowixozifalugaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079f2f34833c---60472788302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sharise.net/Uploadfiles/files/856049963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/feeb174b7b2cf81cd91e880de00c2acd/45551380167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c79f00abd5---10984067191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architects-desk.com/uploadsfile/vuwaruxinoripawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://n-production.com/upload/fckeditor/file/nosawofepabutavobobogeril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cplastik.com/data/cms/file/valomubelogefurekuderu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=tropical+deciduous+forest+trees+namesPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00016c9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16C9C 10844 bytes
SHA-256: e673b2728f8e6a5c444418733a6b8a5b15bb25ae0ff05a53049629423c347706
font_01_sfnt_off00018596.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18596 19460 bytes
SHA-256: be8fc75c0446f2c18d19dc30eaca175eb335bf5463a7440df10097cc0ff70c8c
font_02_sfnt_off0001b775.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B775 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off0001cf82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1CF82 7704 bytes
SHA-256: 0371dbbc04604c876fa4575f0b39baf19379814355537238bc17dcf521bdcb3e