Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ce45fd60cc643367…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-07 09:19:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b3247412bfe7fa8e2594f10b160de0bd SHA-1: 0a972d68d556b5e1907a3df2edd1cf90a550ad14 SHA-256: ce45fd60cc6433677f9aeb05741eca1d7308a1c00238ebc9a94da061a5c4207e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The PDF structure and embedded content are consistent with attempts to redirect users to malicious sites, potentially for further exploitation or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=torah+in+hebrew+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4e1c9a2844---65468629739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braintreeclinics.com/app/webroot/img/files/zurogedokemaxapex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soles2walk.cz/data/file/tubozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmhospitalities.com/images/bulk_images/files/dazijopomoxepelebikobalod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--eyt274i.com/upload/files/53205359890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheapneasytrafficschool.com/CheapNEasyTrafficSchool/pa/trainstation/uploads/image/file/rexedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870bb4e5aae---niwipitozugir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hondaototanan.com/upload/files/rukuwerogugimogozowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://15441707.com/data/board/file/20210815063743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicaldistri.com/ckfinder_files/files/65003422009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dighakanchaninternational.com/FCKeditor/file/77763274125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5c539b5829---setoxipisesozaweguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19777b3c785345a915fe0746ee26f343/jileborikalaxemorigod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argol-editions.fr/userfiles/file/nedewene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilephleb.com/clients/2/2d/2d2188d13063160162e6e2bbcdac547d/File/66055259078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturallabs.fr/userfiles/file/21116081636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asthasupermarket.com/userfiles/file/38129837258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16112a5cf7d250---ragomobezupug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokobrunnen.com/idata/dopozazuwazomebekivur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://libron.pl/fckupload/assets/file/wumujadimaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gkoluhhahjapet4296d0fasbnj/95615560327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160723dda27e05---wukukegizag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ekckateqj0is3h8atrsmqusn7q/25384472894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fuga-hotel.com/CKEdit/upload/files/fibidepaketeg.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_off0000d961.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD961 19932 bytes
SHA-256: cbb442a6dfde301155fdb4c6219ed0bb9c10ce815c259d253696c685e61fd544
font_01_sfnt_off00010d6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D6E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012585.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12585 10472 bytes
SHA-256: 649af46b89c7df9afc0c3e647b72f397711f17b930edbf894422e32b1a1e2e15