Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ce40c7eb868f1362…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-16 02:51:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 3e522e0f6aaa432ba979eb22e27fce3d SHA-1: c8113cf7d51fccb34b9646f27f9ddf32b71c0b25 SHA-256: ce40c7eb868f1362ac2b602054aee52879e725c94fc9d393967c92a31df127d3
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and a high number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The primary attack pattern involves luring the user to external sites via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=friv+2016+bad+ice+cream PDF link annotation
    • https://reha.bg/content/upload/file/zokikuzox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findingthegrey.com/userfiles/file/duvonuleferutepomokima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://justforjetscatering.com/userfiles/image/files/sivanesenibatuduzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montazenabytkupraha.cz/files/file/56795321990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avatars.ru/userfiles/file/87743156746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getadoc.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10218117630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingmontagna.com/userfiles/files/69399154317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86beac750d526de2e7db4f6ee54af2b1/fature.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luyenthitoeic.info/userfiles/file/godemil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://internationallanguagenavigators.com/media/vejamogifofogajanapif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aluvioneschicamocha.sinecsas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1200215943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dieukhactransam.com/uploads/files/xumuzopebuzemosovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tectrongim.com/uploads/files/webixaniwuzixolabotupowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theponghop.com/upload/files/4868462049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134a70b9c99c---bopewivuvamogedowapuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tai-yang.tw/taiyang/upload/file/33420272716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ggbris.com/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/siribixobijigixuwob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614172a9dce5f---rejebob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillsclinic.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/denefirefivazofofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dodatkireklamowe.pl/web/uploads/files/94820459004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scalping.ir/data/files/file/raloralubaluvozirekekuzal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sorokolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/80153788745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taxiluzern.ch/khurasan/userfiles/files/bufawijotasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jimsdelibrookhaven.com/demo/jimsdeli/admin/userfilesfile/94663035302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d38e07a50e---dadovafasudosokiruziku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hefei.chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pawiragatitimolevixofap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alessandrotria.altervista.org/areap/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72766119740.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_off0000d7cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7CC 16936 bytes
SHA-256: 435b6064e4301880d1558e483078c48bef3704cfa877a529181d6f8c79083c10
font_01_sfnt_off000103b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103B0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011bc7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BC7 10640 bytes
SHA-256: 4db24328e9bb1e07d872ac03ca958071eb22550d11d592bc9f63c5413f51df53