Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cd1e6a0d25636f2a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-03 15:47:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 215e3d4c1bfabbce5b3825fa6ae1f041 SHA-1: 810b730ff50c6ce1a9bd57764f04aa4bf8034b40 SHA-256: cd1e6a0d25636f2a7f14e0c368907b2f6a8568a7fa1d62cbbd140d028455699c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that likely redirects the user to malicious sites, as indicated by the PDF_JS heuristic and numerous external URIs. The presence of compromised CMS upload links and a link farm on disposable hosting further suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection confirms the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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
  • 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 https://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=jetech+bluetooth+wireless+keyboard+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://capitaloffice.pl/fotki/file/94267358176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087b68a5dc39---44505787414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chatsystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lemijifesabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cac42a9972---27579428036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/732a5a3ce146d7eab3b11418fdf7173a/vaxaferutabafika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auburn-properties.com/userfiles/files/riwagunoguduwuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotarent.hk/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210903_AC8A1C3B059A81E9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbc05ae2e74967c2d0ef0d966a2d9d6c/17771793868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://widepolymers.com/userfiles/file/67221852601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f14a2c3e2f---99797526977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobmeetin.com/media/galleries/files/74106023589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reicar.dk/userfiles/file/675150773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ekoelprom.pl/public/images/editor/file/68142351813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2jtds4o26plm60lqt2v7d63si3/67020083462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a5dec5fcc3---wixozepokokufoduzewovunuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lroundup.com/clients/d/d7/d7466da0ad72d96b64793f89c518a0d9/File/fazumesidurejetaderux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cerescommoditiesltd.com/Images_upload/files/joworonebatovuraxelono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mistralizmiryonetim.com/uploads/file/16633927157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/583a8db5f216c9f46567b4c36bd64d6c/bovumowamusoruginiwire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607439fe3b1b2---84282541196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://audreyheselmans.com/_files/file/sosim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15891dd2b7d3fefc2f2f3f23e5503e53/sedafefololidirudamekiral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://landmanenterprises.com/clients/6/66/660ad4be7ac834282af30b44844c6003/File/roxobiwabemomopotasakojal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dortmundpools.com/contents/files/tubope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a92e6913ba---26026542639.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_off0000dade.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDADE 19704 bytes
SHA-256: f6c50ccc42037f1f38c5f64e1d4447729816850a4946712b0fd33f6deeca17ca
font_01_sfnt_off00010deb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DEB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012602.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12602 11156 bytes
SHA-256: 5aff648fa1c506826e21e71c57c2a27b695a41073a0704a9c4d0e1781c57d783