Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cda99e210a2a8ad9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 20:32:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: eb14f5724032fa0ae48ce4b7a5ce0b50 SHA-1: 50fcf5f4900b4f2d6f4f9a67886eb2c4db77365d SHA-256: cda99e210a2a8ad912021538810545b60d492da65d89dd6ba22db91cac3f9d06
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no direct clues to its purpose beyond the embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0tqq69rsv9r0i9glbfe6u2qs9j/87604819845.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/repono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://derma-dts.de/files/file/66689778995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb5a323a688---purek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharmtocairo.com/userfiles/files/muzutenamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16127eb3891e58---sawogufezofilawogojiziki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayzones.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/gobufuxiluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smitheaster.org/clients/861344/File/24472471409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5919a76031602f701a15ec451e5cdaac/fenixerumomamux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45bd12530deda7dfd52032311d4f81fc/94363963873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/009e995010bdbb71c04edf2c33a9d8a3/93194107393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a7c8c4ce0---papeliwivigopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcc3592ca2b---bilixalope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d5c9613c84---87643348476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idrogastermoclima.it/Utentifile/FCKPage/file/pojivevukisifawepux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1a2a31af69---sanerudebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wchs65.org/clients/b/bb/bb65574a37642f7fe3135935df861e67/File/30637811615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galenbio.com/images/upload/file/85881645682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makairways.in/home/makairways2017/public_html/dowalumniusa/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lozibuxomupetakarulotaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9792e681518ca02a8234af2afddf782/42311020836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nezrenpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/bonexigapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e70f1ededfcb23e3f1c7a6b96a3d5636/kapajifulalubatomusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protechlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ed8133bf01394e28dd0011492eab431/bamigizuwowibexuwijotoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=the+new+confessions+of+an+economic+hit+man+pdfPDF 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_off0000fd35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD35 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011547.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11547 17924 bytes
SHA-256: fbcb0d59ac9df5edd0d390ca22bb9b374711d7c4a359e7de727ca4e9dccba601
font_02_sfnt_off000143f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x143F9 10788 bytes
SHA-256: aac541c8c877fd8fff720432403250db30b3250dce567657ba6b80751e5e6c92

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