Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ce4ac4d515e8b09a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-07-14 08:41:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: dd17066fbcb9596327daeaa077f392a2 SHA-1: 6136a8dae8e7420996b5df3899bcbbb24ca87dec SHA-256: ce4ac4d515e8b09a6bda3586971fec980733b0516eb1e8da9238bf674d2c235b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of these links indicates an attempt to lure users to external sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://thegioidongphuc.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tixosameduv.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a74cf8555bc---wukisapojepavafuzet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szkolaprzybranowo.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jawebefigedelasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bczenekar.hu/files/file/51872026419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086c456c4c63---44189848904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starcity-vinhomes.vn/app/webroot/img/files/momunobiburemokotepefubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7o918qdd3uq9hde6lkf9pe7fo5/19850512433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a4f560e1a2fab6e288a27c470facb0e/wejilamesukifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaid.com/public_html/userfiles/file/fuvekubuxodixetige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://synodradomski.pl/userfiles/file/surofovilifezikeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluecars.pl/userfiles/file/dakix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquatherm-graz.at/files/89688410862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-belgie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fibiwukobuzomawuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c44a3cc7fd2---pusenedivelixad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://france-ex.com/images/blog//file/15654817599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608299b6a5e5f---49377183225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sammycar.ch/sammy/sites/default/sammyfiles/newsletterfile/boriw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072da34cd519---22003580250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novichiha.ru/pic/file/wogivixorefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0005e8cc8---loziramakexojekogajorejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/budk55qir4i7tp0qchsn9uor80/nivikunajawixolatub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telekommarketing.com/firme_data/files/44144126113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ruvh7qte78mj4ou7c5r0673f6m/pinuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4934b55da5---78669890365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chupanhnoithat.vn/upload/files/54556685364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cardion.dk/gfx/fckimages/file/ganojolenesupuxonataf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burragebrothers.com/demo/jolie/beta/userfiles/files/vekotej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rielqar5e51c404s6rotr1og83/94022871133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=joker+full+movie+in+tamil+dubbed+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_off0000eea3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEA3 16884 bytes
SHA-256: b1488315ef44e468d5786dba0f83704ba2252d2b829bdc0b5070ef46f16ae4d8
font_01_sfnt_off00011ab7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AB7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000132ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132CE 10820 bytes
SHA-256: 56f55c84fac66b7b9961ee84c85788948380d21d1b3c231f9c17f5badc17169a