Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cd9410ad4feddb0a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-09-17 22:16:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: be55d7277353799d81778c79dc8896f0 SHA-1: eadf79d10b4d783d0757ecd8ce2fa27e89b348c2 SHA-256: cd9410ad4feddb0a2dbb2979231f8aace1b5deafc57ce859154bd01817774bfd
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a high ML classifier score further indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=watch+this+is+us+season+5+episode+1 PDF link annotation
    • https://hiroyoung.com/data/files/38593601708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renetravel.ro/images/files/dariperafelilojinusiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132493e5fe38---modupedukapaxedejajijuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomaszskiba.com/userfiles/file/43556955591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adidravidar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4994942032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konberdbio.com/upload/files/mozinaxizoligefexexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuvanthietke13-5.com/webroot/img/files/56773472627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kermoulin.com/userfiles/file/93875209992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161411d6817722---kexidatonatetup.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ba9b5287ddd6503812c9e745b1470b3/powipebexalekunazewupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z-i-f.ru/userfiles/file/91523657743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://em.heephong.org/ethnicminorities/cmsadmin/ckfinder/files/ranupiwugufujisimuvad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greathorserider.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91561127943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142b37183366---7591400983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://algarestofos.pnh.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vabuvikurivoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecareu.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jubenotivegidefisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stoka-saarlouis.de/userfiles/file/wepojigatugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134bdc9849d2---repokogazor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jnvhardoi.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6051868772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emailreceptionist.net/userfiles/file/nigediwopozap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanchuyenduongsat.vn/upload/files/28240411434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungklimamodelleri.com/upload/ckfinder/files/zibazejoforibiwisovudej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truonggiangcompany.com/userfiles/file/xasoxirexap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzlerranch.com/userimages/89772613606.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_off0000eff2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFF2 10744 bytes
SHA-256: ca6c2865b77a1dd81c296698cc458a61f84f6ebeac3048761c8c77ea0800e9d0
font_01_sfnt_off000108bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108BC 17392 bytes
SHA-256: 16bf62a9c94fc98eeb7ab1567ad49299cc90f6bdef9745bd04e1fc2ca28dbe93
font_02_sfnt_off0001361b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1361B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1