Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ce05fe05dc25327c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.0 KB Created: 2021-08-12 04:47:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: a5024d21e0a4fe035ca32b87a500eda4 SHA-1: 07f3f9b0e6ae7edc3d01b5b08f8d8eaf2817b26d SHA-256: ce05fe05dc25327cbafcb3cb20494a520010a1bcf14184c7b47cc8e896caaef3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The PDF structure and embedded links are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious sites for further exploitation or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9866

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=skyrim+enchanters+potion+ingredients PDF link annotation
    • https://www.nosolodespedidas.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071b58c73bf1---wujulidubive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paradisoseminatrici.it/userfiles/files/4811321115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0e270476eb---9590004117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartraoptics.com/fck_filemanager_upload/file/ponuriso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078a053e03fe---dajidufawekiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j5ge5bvj3uuu0ivdjjpc0tilsg/52854678296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alapan.org/fckimages/file/denam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160929309c886c---37316116192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanhthien.net/uploads/file/fituzikuzizifusirivuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7es8qhjcnk8a0sm9sjat1pq92e/31473187758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vo23.ru/upload/file/35661709671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhdrum.com/User_File/UpFile/file/20210803095857_a3VyaWxha2V0YXR1bXVtb3Np.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allaboutdowney.com/userimages/panofegewozasaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saglikligencler.org/files/files/85726505999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctyrkolky-gamax.cz/data/dokumenty/xabadorilumadokijafedotis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3c19b969d5---depiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfa55a68916---kivukitoxeriwagujogitasat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qtjdb.com/UploadFile/2021/05/29/file/20210529_015722_139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00c7287461e7f6311f6cc59a91b4e389/siwesol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emilline.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gagokiwizaxuvaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076eb8546847---zemabubitamel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c43d3486e84---29854641886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegreenlegacykeepers.com/clients/e/e8/e8dc17949b7ef813e9937e453902477f/File/5983917149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://secolink.sk/userfiles/file/99764933491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6153700e4e---50480849034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c6d74ad6f0---67084208739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoroman-service.ro/imagini_ws/dotutenezorafi.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_off00010818.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10818 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001202a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1202A 17196 bytes
SHA-256: e6587575f9a46c8af8da57a3928b564b18aa8f85278024019aee700c9654ca8f
font_02_sfnt_off00014d40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D40 11196 bytes
SHA-256: df5db5ea54a63f0fe0e481b6cb705867e57d46cdcf4c199dc30642027628cf1e