Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cdae7e7c08b717b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 20:43:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 1aa1ab375ed52d43dd66216107c35e58 SHA-1: 636231985e29f7f8268d80d5bf02ebda8623867e SHA-256: cdae7e7c08b717b6952b223bf6350fd5528000d5bd97dfb07363a0fb7d535e3e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a high number of embedded links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting sites, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the numerous URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://metaglas.kr/userData/board/file/zavere.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db45f52ebab---tekaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thewellmanteam.com/userfiles/files/88269956655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rugerwafers.com/demo/ruger/beta/userfiles/files/sevivularogikakaravewog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vansuloi.com/uploads/userfiles/file/motikoboxosamaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adams-gold.ru/archive/image/file/14023307244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://htcable.cn/d/files/bilubedisidasizuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleshuzatabc.hu/files/file/nasafiwerifeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/402ae63a48eaf7319e4e761c824fb420/44585382110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfrostov.ru/upload/files/62279951809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161103aa33c39f---29792622769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7ca6824c93---95288584479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monikaknoblochova.com/userfiles/file/5361389790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiencefertilization.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/92560162816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cb3177242941a8c3c0dc31f92ab73f3/47475204762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dailyhondaotomientay.com/upload/files/jamiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2f71860534---tolevedexejewijuruvitogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608daa55bab13---43572082286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vector-luczak.pl/new/fck_user_files/file/47947258501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nevisnews.com/userfiles/vovonemuxozavid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artbynela.com/uploads/file/midakutokezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://byocamacho.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95122874153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4da361aab9---rabaresusavagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7b585447f71f11f506ebe4a2f3ac563/98677886640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyteepee.com/uploadfiles/file/2105250116543501605gmrju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=ferdinand+saussure+course+in+general+linguistics+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_off0000d139.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD139 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e94b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE94B 17736 bytes
SHA-256: 0df3f888c4f39bb8f8679519e92dbb63e0c270e536aab7341b4d9df36bdde48c
font_02_sfnt_off000116ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116FF 10872 bytes
SHA-256: f633b7a665a1d130aa991d2a7172533480e6e9415f26c83e6822be0d34f38f64