Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cd9e82aa01c26ab3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-07-03 06:50:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 4e5d8b136a5ec90019264a5ce32be0e3 SHA-1: 6fe4fb1ec4c9bc6578377dc5a1d41d1700d09740 SHA-256: cd9e82aa01c26ab3db3b4f603dbad14a680c11481431e65552b88ef0127291e9
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. These URLs are likely part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious destinations. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, consistent with phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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
  • 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.
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=nick+frost+sick+note PDF link annotation
    • http://abwingsva.com/uploads/files/52928096604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d34f639f9f---rutijuzifokulimupegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sport-way.ru/img/file/74411464655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochi-polyana.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58976465795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ufe39hapkmufm37rjg858mjd60/81692202191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be8caa94296---nemikobarefovojap.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://tutek.eu/userfiles/file/65032523150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a354a4e42d1---48040591489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c51c5d65ca---89739385714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70dfb6c5743397785488e8e46a31c3d1/pupenuguzukezikoriraxisim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bajcsidavidfoto.com/_user/file/nasefow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0193b37ae3e2f93b29984995a10f6e5a/ruzuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benetalent.com/upload/files/kabubapuditegiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosplay-expo.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sikirufokobovogubuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aryajob.com/user_upload/file/nujedodilosida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerhouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a401652fbf2b63265f5e892f8252317c/48522254256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609def6169a83---76434105647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmms-online.com/assets/file/58263056514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gernano.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/22637024215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074a415076e2---35967071445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mppscstudy.com/admin/usercontent/file/68447792646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/up77d7su9qo67lkij63mogkgsu/peravota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070dead1f445---bolejudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2b5a581e184a48804c8670b94e9332e/vubanimafivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7837e30c6fb2b0112a69e532b977bb80/22719169124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gruppocinofilomarsalese.com/userfiles/files/84656000886.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_off0000f5e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5E5 10188 bytes
SHA-256: e83331cbd643dc25a59fe8dbc99bcde608605f384a75b91bf73b9d70e708bccc
font_01_sfnt_off00010ce8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CE8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000124fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124FA 17536 bytes
SHA-256: a8bd6aa1d93c11c9407974aca681f88a90a8ef3705c30744f174205763f86036