Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cdd16dcfc0ac6237…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 01:57:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 0fc6aa23276ccf9d3b894eaf0789e30c SHA-1: 9124955c7dcb8a241d5bc31059c387d86cf50489 SHA-256: cdd16dcfc0ac62376b60d399bc0bd59ac16b383f8b80a444155bf998799330f3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, with heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm. Multiple external URLs are present, some pointing to other PDF files hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic suggests a lure to entice users to click on these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://rm-centr.ru/uploads/file/pogapiritagubofubijakov.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tenekedjieva.com/uploads/file/85780228170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d13614c8a82b8aa74a03d5dd6cb5730b/tonozezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zae.me/datafiles/file/62927533098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baoyi-chuck.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wojowij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ibextrail.com/editor-images/65523884294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theettiares.com/clients/f/f0/f03dfc1790708d0b03c48e9879ef2ea6/File/vadobutufivizanit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160730c031eb9b---59148618707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graham1978.com/clients/79565/File/weserejogelakosixebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lovebliss.tw/UserFiles/files/jazuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c3b3d19abc---tarumomuzuzodelikifijig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primewestelectrical.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/758acf6a9ae2bc8341de79263c899991/fuvesudeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silesiacapital.eu/data/file/95167967455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://effekt-film.de/files/file/fikixajijopimogoxexotovug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af4cbde68f0a94d7907278c4af4a10cb/74487495735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huspanda.com/data/ckfinder/files/41216357421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alajuusa.ee/media/contents/file/jofiralafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5g3nu27djrbo1p28e9u13hqagc/58359031979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e3c5c9f64a0f02fc489771463e45bfd/94436962436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/92610310166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharaatlanta.com/sites/default/files/file/91784493305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608106da89d16---rotovaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=february+2019+current+affairs+pdf+testbookPDF 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_off00010ec9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EC9 18752 bytes
SHA-256: a27ca3714aadc677a1ef8dcb75671ab7866197329a7ba612890e0c0eda2710b8
font_01_sfnt_off00013e87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E87 11452 bytes
SHA-256: c4db5be3e93394a744745bbbdc28bd3b41650b2ae98ad1c19ab190728cbb9371
font_02_sfnt_off000159a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x159A9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1