Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cd6d6d595d2ecb3f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.3 KB Created: 2021-09-25 08:32:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 2650953fd83819215db0a6ef87808125 SHA-1: 3994ba8fc308cd709bf7044a4a73b84b4f0464c4 SHA-256: cd6d6d595d2ecb3ff2300570de2541d67cdf2f909d40ff04a2346607bda98615
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF employs a common phishing lure technique, presenting itself as an image to entice user interaction. Numerous embedded URLs point to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for credential harvesting or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 1 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://kliknetezde.cz/admin/obrazky/file/bujidepidejala.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://repetitorebi.ge/userfiles/files/wubupiwenikasomowoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aeternoplanning.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29688485937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://absoluteanytime.com/media_file/files/files/setuvutukedalezoxir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlshixiang.com.cn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8134357661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613096c672f50---vuganozipunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://landonintergroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11772740554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspirans.com/files/file/78289670082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzbmsj.net/images/upload/File/75505982649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rabotatver.ru/userfiles/admin/perez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dfdtrading.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zoroxakefasiruzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161496b554b4fb---13612867399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taumed.kz/upload/2021/09files/210925051218902366p4g2g.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://micruts.org/userfiles/file/bafixifibebitexowodago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ourconn.com/userfiles/file/202109050911489201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liyangah.com/Upload/file/95858625240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://x04ydivan.ru/userfiles/file/17053355651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tieuhocsondong.hoaiduc.edu.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sunivojugolererumexezovix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elnativocoffee.com/silver/upload/files/kosorovobexuxaraxewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liur-krd.ru/userfiles/file/41958089432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6a1c10cf509ae8442b921aa13aaee14/44948241674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--pr3b03lcdvwu9dpynqkc.com/DATA/file/20210914174315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuehllawpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/18095908399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=swf+decompiler+androidPDF 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_off0000b12f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB12F 14572 bytes
SHA-256: 847afe3361006bac6f60302f8bfcd06a69b63e1d6e31cc8de12bfa3346fc12d9
font_01_sfnt_off0000d552.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD552 10676 bytes
SHA-256: d605f4ca8ece9f4f895d06cfe35f838476a80b86b34531be1b7edb5693392fa1
font_02_sfnt_off0000edcd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDCD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1