Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cde3bb6759c265de…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-08-20 13:25:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 56348ad5336ce0d0dfede5dfbb265752 SHA-1: dda162f506ce7c6b847afec54b5bc61cda6b8da7 SHA-256: cde3bb6759c265de9b10ef6009b7e7e0024951ebcbaf449bb4d9ade1ef82f4b8
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains multiple links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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 https://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=present+perfect+ejemplos+afirmativo+negativo+interrogativo PDF link annotation
    • https://tranthachcaodanang.com/uploads/image/files/44287357099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fluffy-chins.com/images/file/gumose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandp.ru/userfiles/file/75040021987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d94950f016a2922e528cf62c22dc5ef/vevefikotugetovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videofilm-tv.ru/content/File/37526304156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuttydog.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zudibitibuvak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baltic-rt.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rafogovuwegafatomanov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/deq7223hq02uut8ro60tb3cd54/lowiwotovosediratapalavag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strandedtattoo.net/file/bajasixav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8702bc536420545fd690d167925347ab/23468954939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n1ohik3g93uep2vtm8h9vr4e83/widar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailygiasi.com/uploads/userfiles/file/10596177428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/41637948113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bb9f84e27c---61197508325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnokorea.com/userfiles/file/65040583525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinyuemu.net/assets/202108/files/20210819170058582568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thaiboat.net/image/upload/File/kakifaxinaweje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tbb8u032u8qs7afuvqm3b193bs/jorekaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090b73788b75---41423292975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://djarkitek.com/temp/vinney/HTML/userfiles/file/nafezut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29c2943d38c6eebca99e36ac55d6dcd4/19445672014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blissrenewbeauty.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/ramivepajetutunaloli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e40b94fe85e35fca8b52b2a8fdbc0219/meminubeduxu.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_off0000e332.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE332 19932 bytes
SHA-256: d6981cde759d8c87c4e53f60adf7057d0cc5ade3162878629cbaf7fe5c85ff69
font_01_sfnt_off0001166c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1166C 11020 bytes
SHA-256: 07999ee5de1c76a2c882aa33a24d89904ab41fe7ff0ddc54466451081bf2b4f2
font_02_sfnt_off00013014.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13014 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1