Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ce7cfb88e391172c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-08-08 13:13:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 4dacc411fd84e163cb493ebb775e8b07 SHA-1: ac8b2186209a351d96778ab29d5d3c18363ab5a6 SHA-256: ce7cfb88e391172ceaa0f060838102cf25c4dc7861814ab8b4a131402c54bbbf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload storage, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution scheme, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1b2ec1985a---komomowiramezamet.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://surtek.biz/image/files/20150101_084235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decamiones.com/userfiles/file/repupawojasul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://darshanam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fawawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yummyschool.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/venolumodonakav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vkts.se/userfiles/file/pasedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttmplus.com/userfiles/files/43190006080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.mx/userfiles/file/tizejizovejugibodejidus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terralis.eu/catalogue_dynamique/file/61208920743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avsa.org/sites/default/files/images/files/28036673538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beloezoloto.ru/userfiles/file/jawokamonanulosizisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehideawayresortpattaya.com/userfiles/files/visarusopagelalowedijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://przyklejki.pl/userfiles/xegevevugupozubipikotoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://galerie-louise.be/userfiles/files/lonaparaxoxibozale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accu-split.com/userfiles/files/nalosamosivuwitijej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://av-jet.ru/userfiles/file/timavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imssp.by/data/images/fxeditor/file/koxejifisuwelomatek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160759ab51478f---26791049874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/862f5a05ab7c20226848d07b1c31c8ae/jobezumezutabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc3c912a6c---86828650842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaronandanthony.com/userfiles/files/49170758145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609baaba01247---95742167682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polkovnik.su/upload/file/mejagabubeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nadiadsa.org/userfiles/file/72759179235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orderkai.com/uploads/files/64782546534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ourhkg.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/70716760416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=groovepad+pro+hack+apkPDF 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_off0000e79d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE79D 17304 bytes
SHA-256: 18db85d505445792a00ab43a8f97139365ced496ea4766fc5261237750fa37e9
font_01_sfnt_off0001149a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1149A 10300 bytes
SHA-256: 49065a47bf9febffc26c0b37fb70e5f18beb4035f17d7a7aa6d074f49395ce7b
font_02_sfnt_off00012bf2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BF2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1