Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cd687591b53802ce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.0 KB Created: 2021-09-13 08:05:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 8cddaf4f4db1617e50812a805f6aaba8 SHA-1: 142bc9aa32143a7c0c60d09a1c97031956f6f92e SHA-256: cd687591b53802ce692a0f4c1138d78a02d8a08c8cf33a97570730acf2ea153c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links, some pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or downloads. The presence of a visual download button further supports a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9888

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+best+theme+for+android PDF link annotation
    • https://strategie-forex.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65609528346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skolky.info/foto/images/file/1259023999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161351ef6dc4ab---74672108694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131dc7f4df12---tibejajakudufalakesuvim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mezmat.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bapujekoroxalate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ritascreation.com/userfiles/file/60871444069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pracowniatechart.pl/fckpliki/file/revafadelamujegogavifig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomuraca.eu/userfiles/files/jonuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aglogistics-bo.net/userfiles/file/nedefed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.si/upload/92964500983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rizecanreklam.com/images/file/48146138176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngor2-3.com/file_media/file_image/file/58730918447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaide.org/userfiles/file/rinewopuwifififopopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suarezbeltran.com/aym_images/files/63101553051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inbeeldt.nl/userfiles/file/fejis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94997f65bb0be005a1337ef94b5e2aab/93791248311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rumahbaruku.com/contents/files/42567831218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhfangyuan.com/uploadfiles/files/61873915114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f1cb2b525d---duvigugovenobanup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biblioteka-belzec.pl/upload/files/81683299971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizugy.hu/uploads/files/files/xejologusogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://somogyplusz.hu/files/savixeruvipobekakofomar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inbjnews.com/data/cheditor/0603/files/gomixutisubezulesifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckattorneys.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/dimij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thaibamboorestaurant.ca/phpsites/bard_ford/uploads/file/woxegujujikulalokosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idd.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kawanekujusa.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_off000115ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115EF 10676 bytes
SHA-256: a2453a5f9ad7cf253ca46d855b8fd05b4b28884d0db045fcaa581cbd459fa668
font_01_sfnt_off00012e36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E36 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014648.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14648 18468 bytes
SHA-256: c75ad0d45176a51b654c2c9ef04dae223a6437cce94803d02abf7b50896a66dd