Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cd5483dde5f09cf0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 13:45:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 2f9b0ac8e803589ee3f0e933107c7eb3 SHA-1: 5cb9f100ecc4ecafb4e93e8e319cc4d6177b90ef SHA-256: cd5483dde5f09cf0673914e37c01b67a95b109b908366c3bc848eafe6f78dccd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, specifically utilizing WordPress upload storage, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and link farms indicates a coordinated effort to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f965f87a94c---79813429682.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d329c27fed---futopejizufiwevivife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dajuicebarus.com/uploads/files/18146482897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debandhelder.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nogaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2a7da1b315---lixojogiwilivisositejofax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160765373f3300---84202133125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612bd03da2c5b---tojejidewukudijukup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n5hthpuospttql355n8dnqn0r8/sebeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/20271448245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8a308fa20ccab0a1f17909f52faad3f/zudobudetakisezilar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6d4aa47681---tases.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://officialbacknumber.com/editor_up/51861905304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae711ad2f13---zixizumelexeligujazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8897d8d2fe---68342216425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bpsstudio.hu/uploads/fitowinazux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76826bdd48087912897293cb9d0b5f08/29285556590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ffcd1e159407db15f90784cd95d6e3f/venakavewikuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609deef2b25a8---52735481671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northstarexecutivesearch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1b1809e7f41195df1336bbb9b1e1c2a/49367385969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4144935e78---dudovajodudedadenani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olterus.com/contents//files/61184555628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/fevilitifutakulolufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jawarakreasi.com/file/vubuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aihr-iadh.org/uploads/FCK_files/file/pisasasagajedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=mayakovsky+poems+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_off0000c5a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5A8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ddba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDBA 17416 bytes
SHA-256: d9fdd5efc9eaefb16c31edb1697832f028b44c5c4e3f929768867dbc9b17ba4d
font_02_sfnt_off00010af3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AF3 10484 bytes
SHA-256: e39402479ea25e0bfec6d88a8cb286d461f70b4dc6a659fb3d5d49af899ec113