Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ce92b538f658002b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 21:57:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 725e6f9eea9a79eb52a073128b88febc SHA-1: f0d8cf911d7d9d7a69788a8a49b113a07b390f52 SHA-256: ce92b538f658002bc0a868f5c5bf3fe651dc3d208783b1d2ee559cc6622e7c9b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting it's designed to lead users to malicious content or phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=medieval+meaning+in+english PDF link annotation
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a258b988696---togemojepubagoxadida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6aba784910f3fe612145dba3df56a708/17746120791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b02f5c26d53---58383263270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexanderkanevskyartistbiography.com/clientMedia/file/87392198316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c2b1567e26---gowuvikikisuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diamond-marketing.cz/soubory/kulobuwaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vgi-vn.vn/app/webroot/img/files/10377890754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1e453764c7---53211483682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aapv6padboteasg65o6rk5cv1l/nejoraxerap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82ls38i1ih3mevv1lthgu2gruv/89122074634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vresponse.net/userfiles/file/zerede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d814a6213c2ad92441fca32fce6f8404/rowukosalosiwadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-swiss.com/upload/userfiles/file/nixofakimus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17afba37f8eef0cace66071016b9a8cc/duwelikewupujutubaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cariboohose.com/userfiles/file/wusodivizupuvov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitnessklub-impuls.pl/uploads/assets/file/97036821781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manilag.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210712_8CB3CA52FD981997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotdeals24x7.com/ci/userfiles/files/88295713120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e3bad2750163c32de92e1f7e3a2c04c/70912223282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doks-films.com/pcms/content/file/gesuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0adeed7e233c3b536ccfd0039c2ecfd7/50263341423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjzjygj.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/jebojaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebeaute.fr/userfiles/file/36476463080.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_off0000dd59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD59 10436 bytes
SHA-256: dd3db1944f1ad8cd91c6102f1e8988c0ead6011aad1a8f564338c850b44cfd23
font_01_sfnt_off0000f485.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF485 21452 bytes
SHA-256: e6117788e8ab6eeb61730d291f0db661f69fc6ed668b41b7619d7cc25c3595c4
font_02_sfnt_off00012b65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B65 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1