Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cdc622945ee5cbe1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-07-25 21:04:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 88427dd87ae892f312bccc1e10abca84 SHA-1: 2af2ec04a3118c449c83702ccb1fee1809dbbfe3 SHA-256: cdc622945ee5cbe14fcb3f34922fb385305155644038c92fc27a47b5387cf9b3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, forming a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The presence of multiple unknown URLs on potentially compromised hosting supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b9e2c0eddc---xaxelapiwiv.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096962fe23e6---fijadexojilizifopoxusidag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martensmgt.com/business_school/uploads/file/jaliwutavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adf0363a5e5---rolesefuvovejat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makinsushi.com/uploads/files/gesapaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointsourcegroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1897fbb6102d2a4f3a16465eece8c432/baxasedewidiluzatedakesor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modern-pro.ru/files/file/83712085325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/108f1d0474ead3577e1709ec8f6d98bb/dukelimiwifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magerp.org/upload/files/32126277648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a35f6835768c1536d385161e300d2f68/rowujuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gwtcs.org/Content/uploads/files/55430881908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59431e02bafaf0980bef287fae898a91/lejubezodiboduzusopujufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carroll1975.com/clients/4/4e/4e2b018d07aaa5a30c3e4fca1c7a8df7/File/90090327843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogotowienaukowe.com/Upload/file/98663778299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160991e06b9395---pemenorujakurugovozit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089011167b37---zimodolesanigutonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yokohama-model.com/userfiles/files/berafolutasaxezijudonod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skiflogistics.ru/userfiles/file/vubonezexaparibujasev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n1ldnoopm21l2voktcd8ehnf40/konad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alphaveneers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2cb400cf99bd0439ce82bcc16b218f5/40312028210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160866d8a1266b---wagakidopijaniril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fcb6f524af8---dipiwuzugut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0ab293399e---belojorotow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tonystelly.com/clients/873487/File/wafapemurimojovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaf622900d9---57709475369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=philippine+red+cross+bandaging+techniques+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_off0000d4f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4F5 17524 bytes
SHA-256: ca0ebf4c184a8d36e9913670c71ae04910e9a01df6c88352bee21685532a949a
font_01_sfnt_off00010191.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10191 11284 bytes
SHA-256: 89c5628423ab845653d8ccfc092b518bdf786615d4ac83604d7c2962f62e4589
font_02_sfnt_off00011b37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B37 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1