Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cde9d5b1e15b208b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 05:48:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: aa091b258b6069a45691d73d09b0597f SHA-1: 344276209d129b3bd46ed97044827fc819993b73 SHA-256: cde9d5b1e15b208b960c8d3c8418c0d7af73ab7b698b3f1644c91417aa371700
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document contains a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of numerous URLs suggests the document is designed to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ppt+on+water+pollution+in+india PDF link annotation
    • http://abwingsmd.com/uploads/files/4259724138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096721794025---44474966067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pusheng168.com/uploadfiles/20210814080114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9601044f02---76313989544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avukat.dnsaktif.net/upload/files/kipimugoxejimegaxuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipsyclinic.com/userfiles/file/20210629080248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinarioassociatopacinidallatorre.eu/userfiles/files/8678098529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getadoc.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vegexikipeporoxan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azulejositurry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9smjgo6npc9uo5behi8sbpjjv6/vaxuvalotiwikona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087b602bfda0---7791621572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanajp2.com/contents//files/vekitirep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kartelabasligi.com/images_upload/files/96004534201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dgssu.com/upfolder/e/files/20210812182411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jphotographyllc.com/userfiles/file/6982224328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1careglobal.com/upload/files/garajizixebegavebetodez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chezgregoire.fr/userfiles/76903531730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://st-ark.it/userfiles/files/vejavewopusimonulawanuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hai-bi.com/uploads/files/202108290251141856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immobiliaresancarlotrieste.it/file/58710569039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/zemin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73qfe9uk4ptd0h5s82svakr8d3/kafobiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamennykoberec.eu/editor_uploads/system/files/6934121149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e8e6d9f19e---62086382416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a52839127e3---39872508929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secureyun.cn/uploadfile/file///2021071911331092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/423605c9ee57fe96f2f98c53e06121e8/vopadanaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medlineplus.gov/waterpollution.htmlIn 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_off0000ebde.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBDE 10404 bytes
SHA-256: 76a5ee90abd30b28302daefe24050fd396e0b1b3b1ee3be62e88a34bcafb4320
font_01_sfnt_off0001038c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1038C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011b9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B9E 17512 bytes
SHA-256: 5ce92433f02f3b820a10144e800abedbac68d258cc1e1c69594db1e4e24f2551