Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cd9d9f449a25db6f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-06-29 15:56:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 019faec76d94b36e6b47690646072268 SHA-1: cc7b852d7ed033c6c8f88ad715a60ab5a5134291 SHA-256: cd9d9f449a25db6f3ec391aa1286b5c2be8b1424b5287e2d92c653f86307419a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with a high ML score and ClamAV detection confirming malicious intent. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to malicious or compromised sites, likely for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3596abfcbb47cfbf630fa00046e61320/kipenomijelusesemidu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a98c2f126d5---19026451198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexibd.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/niwexozurogaxivumofujomuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607499379eda1---79638153404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2s6tskfrffjmthtmm4cg64elq5/muxabonevebipamixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/706d86e2791dfe14699a76478a6632fa/32137119947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1330c0f3c7c961e9c1b09a2ed82d7727/40976070244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/13863780392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a99ecc810a0---pizebefaxomemexaposuwabeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nicolalazzarotto.com/userfiles/files/buxabugefopanigesuzojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ismart99.net/upload/files/tenivipizixekikova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wittlich-luexem.de/userfiles/file/64128777967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0be0edf1f8c76b6977f87322ef6672e/72053840906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ks95ibkl8g8nqqemr0g38h9psk/kogibikojibiritazejatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160727721dd600---mejodoper.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bociany.sk/media/file/75870620576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc84eae544---vorobovik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brtim.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/sefudanuvegati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afcc1200bea---jigowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d405a99e3a---2589932524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talani.nl/userfiles/image/file/rinivuxizaxiwewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thessalonikiflights.com/files/files/vulozaruguvipal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081976441939---72006084781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nasroglobal.com/userfiles/file/32080850129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=body+in+french+languagePDF 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_off0000fc11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC11 18340 bytes
SHA-256: 8703a7d73648e4738cc6b7e24ba6918689ee5e539759cab2786ee0226782ffb2
font_01_sfnt_off00012947.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12947 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001415e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1415E 10756 bytes
SHA-256: ad2ba82cf06b4c92dcefa2599f6a94879252ec55121680eeda13bbbfc0deac56