Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ce3cb83ffdcc9bcd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-09-09 02:42:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 7bbb41e86e92c2e26526cdfd2a120925 SHA-1: 6cb01d76de01abae537b1e946d15f944147fe248 SHA-256: ce3cb83ffdcc9bcd0e00b383af2f3f75b2738cadc24a56bf52f1ee0a81d7f8a5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. Static analysis reveals it functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to other PDF files hosted on various domains, some of which are identified as potentially compromised CMS uploads. The presence of multiple unknown URLs and the 'link farm' heuristic suggest a malicious intent, likely related to SEO manipulation or distributing further malicious content. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable binary data.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6541

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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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 http://zdravi-kromeriz.cz/files/file/61820272238.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://weboonline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sofowuduzer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ficfart.org/userfiles/file/69227796405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--3e0b556bhrbowi6undva.com/ckupload/files/wukiwepofabukaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjhywt.com/images/upload/File/fiwuxevazuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haruhonpo.com/upload/haruhonpo/files/morovemirurilomulogetesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://servicepapik.ro/files/74580395615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freeorden.com/media/file/89925649595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lukasikgroup.pl/Image/files/lofekexezinaduguxexew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsoa.cn/userfiles/file/wififujevijakules.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yodishit.com/uploads/userfiles/file/wajemolunekazajepamafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161328299a8eb5---viwafikatuvuduneb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrzservices.com/uploadfiles/file/ropusevafigelir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miyagi.chi-kara.net/Upload/files/betolanalepikidanope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pacemakerpressintl.com/uploads/assets/file/desagafumuzak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukrarska-vyroba.cz/UserFiles/File/30403600492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hcstonetw.com/uploads/files/202109020005099268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dkkarsin.pl/img/upload/files/sinego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd4b35d25ffcc6d22b68e7c426df74a5/muvopazogunobuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thediamangroup.com/_images/files/fepigejewomadag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hungthanhauto.com/luutru/files/mibuvapujovegoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a104f5805ef029b50c2ffa2574c9b787/gabovigevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ongxoanhdpe.vn/upload/files/dixexubomutukepure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturhalles.fr/fckeditor/userfiles/file/94155355279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=ttpod+music+player+for+androidPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000d1d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1D3 17564 bytes
SHA-256: 596724332facb13d7f96a74e468d4fbd77dd85ffc3fbee33d873cc6d9105fbd4
font_01_sfnt_off0000fefc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEFC 10956 bytes
SHA-256: 5d45eb57f1fe0ce8d4b702e2657a936f5c30b1c48000d20da621299d58b20c21
font_02_sfnt_off0001186c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1186C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1