Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cd910b3213fd4d6c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.6 KB Created: 2021-09-19 07:04:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 0a996995d54be8bd0d8be32ed3fc6a9e SHA-1: 58c04cd68b9d099346cdaba0bca4376f6630555a SHA-256: cd910b3213fd4d6c54d86c20afb395af5f01d2c0c584bf264b8c78e7b4fa1409
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. Heuristics indicate it uses an image-only lure with clickable action triggers, typical of phishing. Multiple embedded URLs point to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 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 https://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=brooklyn+nine+nine+season+6+free PDF link annotation
    • https://heritagecambodiatravel.com/userfiles/file/doluxaninapigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131d63a7fa27---zoves.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamaskitchenorder.com/uploads/files/91584265488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuyothuyluc.vn/webroot/img/files/zolep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fundacionamigosdelmarcaribe.ong/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9150703156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutronicltd.com/userfiles/file/24420260174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sonhanint.com/uploadpic/sun/files/202109080803375979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bea7b9449e---34808085472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easternhoteljeju.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210901_3CFA9BF29D9E5ED9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majubesar.info/contents/files/tanenivenarovudobejig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmrivestimenti.com/userfiles/files/suzadigofuxufenoziwuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40kloehgqemg81b9b65guqo6r8/8922550673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicodavico.eu/userfiles/files/bosatini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133565faed5a---4565842062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yunglin.com/uploadpic/files/jukeforapeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pagodatalk.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/wefivimobobokerotite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cornerstonelaw.eu/userfiles/file/titimawolemopemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://321eastern-thailand.com/userfiles/files/pazividavusafim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altinay-law.com/images/file/vipiluwenijanoniwojap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newfrio.com/userfiles/files/gavesagobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leo.tw/upload/ckeditor/files/70566097057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soncongnghiepjotun.com/media/ftp/file/10500605837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j5omhb4vung273ugh31rgelge1/venanemunupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://b-solutions.net/userfiles/file/ritisinoruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discus-rus.ru/upl/file/64476956208.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_off0000b142.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB142 14156 bytes
SHA-256: 0ded6c7cb26445c457fff0d45bc7410053f9c3bd4bdd5c136d30ecfd52bc89ae
font_01_sfnt_off0000d47b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD47B 10536 bytes
SHA-256: 4728833459ea5fafc9f9e32b7d198110092f2ff5839d2494315ae377c8151efd
font_02_sfnt_off0000eca8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECA8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1