Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cd889bed5b556909…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 16:36:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 054e45d568cbd3619641f2c8cd6d09d5 SHA-1: 66241af9ab223f54a4ad97bb92d438c20c67fd2a SHA-256: cd889bed5b55690912fe2a7d6a4ddbbed2e8a0da79695db3b3f8b5b5ba6b875c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with high confidence. Heuristics indicate it functions as an MFA/one-time-code harvesting lure, directing users to click links hosted on compromised WordPress sites or other disposable domains. The embedded URLs and link farm structure suggest an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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
  • MFA / one-time-code harvesting lure high SE_MFA_LURE
    Document asks for a one-time code, authenticator approval, or MFA confirmation — consistent with credential phishing kits that steal session tokens or abuse multi-factor authentication
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bobcat+435+excavator+parts+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14ed7e54e772c88e4d3dc580a1185250/dovutolodopikuzunamudidov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intertravel.hu/_user/file/94052468051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijp2.com/contents//files/tugizusaziwog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bocghebinhduong.com/media/ftp/file/72967082872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eecpowerindia.com/codelibrary/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jazurolizepux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16111004b45267---44824720464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spzpoz-zdunskawola.pl/upload/file/80070188772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099fd478aa40---nitesobogosagetefilawusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/defovitipuvediripawalaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s13cf5ef.alojamientovirtual.com/ropadefutbolbarata/userfiles/file/kevoxiremejifikogawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hjtech.org/admin/upfile/file/tesikenatuvarapun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benetalent.com/upload/files/wobewosenekosimiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1cs92mb2l4prbh44gnciojl35/16403104634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a78816804---98749972490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amirafouad.com/uploaded_files/file/selelotakudido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d895e518080626b82e4579545411ca9/libemesewewuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b996ud3kbb13hvcucau8que899/96954863974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tamilsaga.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81866636366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab3231ce71b2b835f2e007062f6a94a7/robelenamiligamumegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ue0gcplbbovk1970voen924e88/liwoludu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olddieselparts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guziru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makemycake.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1k93jf87mbduchtb86n87cn6ms/29480918430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytopics.it/uploads/file/47803691508.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_off0000cabb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCABB 11288 bytes
SHA-256: a2bba94d14c6c4fbf260ccb594da626f107e9083e4861e1bba62c653c5a0d038
font_01_sfnt_off0000e53c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE53C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fd4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD4E 15664 bytes
SHA-256: 116b35cd90dac5ed6fc084568ce84e697324b3d7ffa7ccaf5800d5d12425b133