Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cd0818e0592c1694…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-07-20 14:07:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: cb3501e044e7d14eae127206dcf88a04 SHA-1: f56cdd3761a2831246b258d019bfb1c3410841e9 SHA-256: cd0818e0592c16943493900629432aabbe9baa455013ec9dc3f738845db51a87
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it likely contains malicious content or exploits. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs, several of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or use disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious payloads or conduct phishing. The presence of multiple PDF_URI heuristics and the ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS firing strongly support this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://masterjobintl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1985300905.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tectrongim.com/uploads/files/56589404084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d933ce727---827682605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snap-drone.com/userfiles/file/83621760010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaba2427328---boloxet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e028f1b2be4---zidenisidejanosugotunasir.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://wagaskar.com/media/kizobarodakiwolowidimurug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d98eced6d7---sixaxokufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ad217a23cfdc859be99b86850ed37f4/51901873822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://residenciasanamaro.es/userfiles/files/28578569030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c72497875c345fbe7ac24d00c2018b6c/40641221317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160c53e29a49a7---51831516508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8592e0d03d---41195372791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://originalcheck.it/public/img_admin/file///semeluvuzulutafipufun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongdanhaudio.com/luutru/files/rigunexidopoguniwupurebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-27/20210627184449133997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/ritapetebal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6421a49a6d45295ea45e642b0f77d7c5/supotitopejufaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://progin.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wugedapasipesiwifased.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aite-materials.com/upfiles/file/2226802141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077c1f6a2f0d---verewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33lnnq9jk4objdm2rnf34frd2h/lusepenijop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torgradio.ru/new/files/file/6766463275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=game+hacker+shadow+fight+2PDF 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_off0000fd4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD4B 16744 bytes
SHA-256: 60f7efe1ea428a2584705706cc2b5c7cac876541b0eb693cc2ec15f085c09e9a
font_01_sfnt_off000128c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128C5 11108 bytes
SHA-256: a0ad753334a22f076e5b63452fb5eec9d0e552a04dac5d93a4e2919d96e9ca53
font_02_sfnt_off000142ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142AD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1