Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cd06e8334273e259…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 03:52:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 2b6e59b66b218c7c751f70f0d2e9f987 SHA-1: b6f670da2af16910439c513722764717b0308d5b SHA-256: cd06e8334273e2594c5a26e810d058f099be5a4e29a5b427020fc27fc9892f2e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is designed as a link farm on disposable hosting, likely to improve search engine rankings for malicious content or phishing lures. The embedded JavaScript, while not fully analyzed due to obfuscation, is a common method for delivering second-stage payloads or redirecting users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://uniquecharacters.com/upload/files/88331691308.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba153d448d6---nurowobor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerdynamic.com/clients/3/3d/3d9dba0a3645e5854abf1db7654b9c86/File/61464017644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/xizubadunusoxotojevubapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/frh5t96lb5ur87mj84chvqh2st/wajenosamuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.psalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da9dda2289ffb558555c0743f1dc4edc/xifim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedical.com/uploads/file/begufugawakaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://re-view.online/fckFiles/file/77497707208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martensmgt.com/business_school/uploads/file/45821996976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectionistpaintingnj.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98341616247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16121b81e5f4a0---25697737654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://planet-pvc.com/upload/files/85823559383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webplease.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc8oi5hlj3jk36n8t3bg3cii26/pedaxibenefuditovimut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d57e6d47ed1a8bdb59853e99ba8c135/48603758127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciarajewellery.com/editor_upload/file/11745691647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.net/contents//files/bawosuzowomiwiweja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce170c90c3f2c6345dc5be21a7c56c0a/jisitegifenowal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ahkpionu3t968fua8b4lvaipr0/dodepunikudumok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidequipment.com/public_html/userfiles/file/65754426766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdfa09995cb---89398791600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bankkartya.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38895465283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulyaskantin.hu/uploads/frontend/files/lagok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sloplast.com/userfiles/files/60893595502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=electrical+wire+sizes+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_off0000dcc5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCC5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4DC 10520 bytes
SHA-256: 8f9d57dde6b054ed472784c6225e019de511673fe33ba0f58e3d406684e49790
font_02_sfnt_off00010cfe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CFE 20604 bytes
SHA-256: d65c7b6f0d5db2b40020e8d14d380a0b340d294e25b15b0428c999be5486b39f