Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ce00dc084bdc9b9a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.8 KB Created: 2021-09-29 09:09:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2f145f0ad27d06567b585d0328487cca SHA-1: 44dd3180a5657a57e5c11f0122da391c8fc419a1 SHA-256: ce00dc084bdc9b9a3656ee46e32793efa890f77740054204ab0f2e329ad30418
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its small size, image-only content, and embedded clickable links. The heuristics indicate it's designed to trick users into visiting external URLs, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of numerous links to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting further supports this. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=google+camera+apk+samsung+a21s
    • http://telek-trans.hu/editor_up/bokibobulu.pdf
    • https://alistairmills.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zomufuvasekupusuba.pdf
    • http://minhquoc.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74626474976.pdf
    • http://anticacarsulaeborzoi.eu/userfiles/files/tudilewi.pdf
    • http://xn--rssx31a7tec6p.com/upload/userfiles/files/20210902011432.pdf
    • https://nocnepal.org.np/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87036760984.pdf
    • http://ontis.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/87208904343.pdf
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161405dac3d873---61282807226.pdf
    • http://aucoindeshalles.com/menu/file/bisiv.pdf
    • http://morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16153aa0934d23---56605178114.pdf
    • http://105chers.netsociality.com/upload/files/54170864529.pdf
    • https://elpollopaulino.com/cenavarra_userfiles/files/gawivaripuxa.pdf
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613108be4d368---segexosokuto.pdf
    • https://52fantasies.com/home/holly/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58969775728.pdf
    • http://mp-journal.com/media/file/79609676266.pdf
    • https://orrizon.ru/images/file/96983955855.pdf
    • http://www.hotelrestaurantmacarena.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74536519552.pdf
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614741368d7ad---81155550852.pdf
    • http://mbjarrahi.com/UploadedFiles/New/file/gopagemanekunatiwas.pdf
    • http://evola.it/userfiles/files/semiguloroko.pdf
    • http://dcbestwings.com/uploads/files/36441125271.pdf
    • https://stradatextiles.com/upload/ckfinder/files/betolatopawijonumoweza.pdf
    • http://manvilastrust-org.bvirani.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60029521909.pdf
    • http://thermcom.cz/userfiles/file/zozodikulobawofu.pdf
    • http://khmim.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66402720369.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000afcd.bin
6b511585e541dadd70b5198ce0aab4ce82f76263682a1c98c8baa8caddd2cfd3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFCD 10932 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000c93b.bin
abdea2bf96ae510b26b8f6642890086a434d71f201e5bf2e27196d1850618409
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC93B 14140 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000ec61.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC61 16792 bytes