Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cdfe593e57227aff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 08:45:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: cc8e62b34abd5689eb52d853e0c9cf9b SHA-1: 9d43b06c70321c0913929b2ffa904af0a656f6ff SHA-256: cdfe593e57227affc9f1049c19cf40a8236264f3171f0cd3fa2ac3a2d18a6ac9
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://schilderlesvakantie.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wukagem.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ddshower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26652282587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608711db10cd4---61771904796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogiovannone.com/userfiles/files/lekebixijonoxawasewof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://highfieldhousehotel.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/78192577572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e233a28cb704e2d871d02d0e5758e95e/wubixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilaxlabs.com/userfiles/files/84750266283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3afb9c555895df4d5ee9f24bc0ffff1/61980234981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zulilighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab089688a5431adb6c44bf295bf1f883/1347812888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed1e19c26c4---97789889868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delta-relay.be/userfiles/file/rarurifimogivoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lexobisajepakoketuruvedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solidpractise.com/files/userfiles/file/83206981381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahzycw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-4/20210804184809572342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brno-skoleniridicu.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wemudakolaxuforukuwir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelknowhowscotland.co.uk/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sodaminov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szemvidito.hu/sfwkr/feltoltesek/Images/Image/55840641318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b885c435869---merovoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f38a278dab7---7812795226.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074d305a9494---larilujuziku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lafenicealcamo.it/userfiles/files/pokew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jghsclass75.com/clients/f/f3/f322050927ea28328664fd088939ffaa/File/15266937118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://millecolori.it/images/file/lajid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsoa.cn/userfiles/file/40169688688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+save+a+kindle+book+as+a+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_off0000bb92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB92 15908 bytes
SHA-256: 4bedeeb5fc35435ddc5f3672c9b603e1d45aefac5cf8638fb568ed9f28a56141
font_01_sfnt_off0000e447.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE447 10768 bytes
SHA-256: e18d54066cdb5fdec1bd89c5c1855646c6b2391330b93e366e92ada27dde4eca
font_02_sfnt_off0000fcf5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCF5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1