Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ce3d3cce7e546776…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 17:52:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c5e8ab7fe5a5b1e7f3025357b0173a71 SHA-1: 92e428eb7843ef461ca62100d17ca34f9aebffea SHA-256: ce3d3cce7e546776fffb7c84f7a1a914dce23d89c080808c3347e1ae1c24c6d0
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-severity PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS. The presence of numerous links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm indicate a likely intent to redirect users to external, potentially malicious, websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://energo-winstal.pl/userfiles/file/sikiporogepulemevane.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e201ed4ad3562ee766f34aa09b486e0/53963877670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://embassyinvietnam.com/webroot/img/files/77012440803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd2d224e16a---12835862223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cl-metalparts.com/d/files/suzusase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d48390b5b88e24ba3942240e88f73aef/bipudatiwamorotolowof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e620c11a27869d36120457ca8696911/49613277670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pearproperties.in/userfiles/file/potikobaxitodax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fonixkoncert.hu/upload/file/gogizivenuxas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095b703367c8---64701042574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawngo.net/fckfiles/11183112467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074920de78b2---29226191823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cantellodetersiviprofessionali.it/uploads/file/rukazonatitagesizogedex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c07cdd3b24---93776336847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acril.ru/ufiles/files/78997635773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://healingpawswisconsin.org/clients/a/a9/a991db820639e3552774ed9a746c1e3b/File/56369630335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://landia-print.com/pdir/file/81456493778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remproekt-m.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39734384350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d8f15e71ca---61038221035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transbur.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53326873855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studionegrelli.it/userfiles/files/terepisamuzudukup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa3fdbb5f77---55544928112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddc0c130f0e---wozalizijopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092ee22c38dc---vaxoditanebamigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161143b814a803---gobub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=gray%27s+anatomy+for+students+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000d9e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9E0 17596 bytes
SHA-256: 845f7c6aee504fcba00081de27f31af4a1392c42417d6ed61ce91211eadb6e95
font_01_sfnt_off000106f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106F6 10940 bytes
SHA-256: 7c2f9f7f26bd9ca51432f1c1dff72db169866aee52136b9b185c1a313bfa2cf7
font_02_sfnt_off00012083.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12083 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1