Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ce336253d6a7ffb1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 23:52:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 9f1ec2642d6e342b36845aa3edf4821c SHA-1: 70019a24689a6bade11361aab7103f42c55c04cb SHA-256: ce336253d6a7ffb1b3a05205b62113a92ad6e265a903d87686527c15d29055e7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains. The presence of external URIs and link farm structures strongly suggests an intent to redirect users to phishing pages or download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+stop+unwanted+messages+on+iphone PDF link annotation
    • https://mkserwis.pl/userfiles/file/34036928643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7ab4ef858a4dbd283deba7aecd5889c/sakigofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b42c2d6b42c59c6185109b2999a38cc2/temati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161173ec01f05b---60742422045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylgems.com/file_media/file_image/file/36154115758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac5b0c87324---10186830847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlproduct.com/userfiles/file/64954429249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalquestconsulting.com/userfiles/files/7142336382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tovicetour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210701_CFBAAD27C22D7801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://strechybenesov.cz/content/65663848193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miyisz.com/mingyi/images/userfiles/file/daxidazozezito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbc34691caed5b67f37c4b481c4e3891/96105965624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubsecurite.fr/webroot/upload/files/pasesul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtrak.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tigazamig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mumegram.com/userfiles/file/zimozesofidan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b351ac37c50---tesoluvixezetusolax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49b441ed23fe6158bd94faee9ecf9a61/zafika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb4bdd7bce0---jonobodajafosok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szjwwj.com/userfiles/file///mogozudum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83f344d3fa19fc6a857a03d4069fd085/81800576015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fdf55d6eb58c73f88eebfd6079b3018/61731098347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8ac6f25467---wimefiwexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e6d0b16f9f3628342cf3126e1a4398e/sadugebukuxapedasasez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opakowania-loga.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/wipizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.cn/upload/xobiwav.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_off0000eca5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECA5 10868 bytes
SHA-256: 03961e8336182ebc06f939d4d42e2d528c3ae83cf7cb4fb08ba0648cddf4e1fc
font_01_sfnt_off0001055f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1055F 18464 bytes
SHA-256: 2ed1e466aee0fce25cab7f78138c12b050eb6073818c24f7ad7bd92ebad40cd2
font_02_sfnt_off0001356c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1356C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1