Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cdabf94d59799a99…

MALICIOUS

PDF

123.0 KB Created: 2021-08-01 17:19:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: a0f2ac8e4a7fc6d5c025b31bef65eb7d SHA-1: eeaacfa6f0e3a6748c77b450b207dcedc5be796c SHA-256: cdabf94d59799a9900d6b5f1b46fc4e4931fa482ef61d3930bbe468ddfeb1bad
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and is identified as a link farm, with many links pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, so the primary attack vector appears to be user interaction with the embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=a+world+of+ice+and+fire+book+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6c7c89dd44---86960753855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esrafisek.com/images_upload/files/26171553519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ab61acff1---pebupinijukuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cjd4rqdnlc34e5irtmc38veae/78303588612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kasekimi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e3b445cc7e---mokegesumifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecolservizinettuno.com/userfiles/files/xowemuletozifularevedunex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cybernet.asia/UserFiles/File/vuxonesobegopivafixajuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b7922e7a5c44ec109a702f44f95020a/62512378200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://askort.pl/Upload/file/58547386910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c38867407a313eb0bedb128df7ffc6dc/peligeribapawixiruvonow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160807cc7ead0f---31554994310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montgomery71.com/clients/34132/File/tixale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fdca710e3c1---20209457673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vogiantinhmach.com/media/ftp/file/71071946711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098992b05d35---wukigokitikovebapifuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/188ad38da96a24de18483bd5b1b83d54/10058735985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/20217251424113360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f10d1f73bfc5058a73355aee355d3da/tafarudopevojudugejuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiavent.com/UserFiles/file///lalaxemukajixavow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f9780a6127---xufavax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goksirkrupskimlyn.pl/img/upload/files/lozubitilozotesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9013f26492acaf62c49a6d8ac2e2f9a/45120245227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e64a1c6ce6d56d6b060e0d3754ff99a4/92248897791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40290a26abe32ac0da973f57ab816c1c/ropuvogumukasafatuxokom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irodori.kir.jp/files/file/tobuwikonemoka.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_off00017ce3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17CE3 10644 bytes
SHA-256: f286760a758b95eabb0f8bc64d6820c93daeacdc76347336b4031c3205d85423
font_01_sfnt_off00019524.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19524 17728 bytes
SHA-256: 6a8a8d9583843d6b185f1762a7e384c40a714f3f5278109b87b6aa94f442bcf3
font_02_sfnt_off0001c3b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C3B7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1