Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ce96da852db30b3c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 12:09:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 1291f692d01781400af15b587b1b8e8f SHA-1: 05fa17b17958538650830958b959c36b8a168b5c SHA-256: ce96da852db30b3c7d3e14fb59ebd5cdbeba66281d94910cb201b35a913e07a0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm directing to multiple compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of numerous distinct hosts and the use of UTM parameters in one URL further support the link farm and potential tracking/phishing nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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 http://thienminhgroup.com/uploads/userfiles/file/92971930240.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160968103a4a97---94490729433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607860cff27b6---83424941370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82c6f6977f7b55a59d8cac7ede8addfc/93048788106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gemwares.com/userfiles/file/89649919739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a5e06f19fec5ea52c2759b5f1b89ca7/sizeraxibavowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hataylezzeti.com/resimler/files/87006583620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bookatowncar.com/userfiles/file/10973521949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fdd353a01f2---71106909556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1aaf4e5b74655a8d49b48e1e84008fb/kowosivelusowupubuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mycocoa.org/images/upload/files/97494413117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expresstestingatl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d2c65798579f67a4b95f89b8322698b/nixebij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trineckevzdelavani.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mufotinebokavedoruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d183dfa7c1992907ec2a69cf508c5a67/kalujutafigidudul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okna-kursk.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/73162871286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asharfilalkulfi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97379456758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c622382cac---meximo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdb2786be40---pagaratosozenobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manualismedicina.hu/fileok/file/53570763612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almudenafernandez.co/ckfinder/userfiles/Files/buwubeberaraxedupuduva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a542aface35---pedugelibojaxem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boletos.luzservicos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vudamoxozasagerat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unibeauty.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pusigafaturegax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://posicert.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-22/20210822050613672553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cortabellanews.com/userimages/82727100071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=zebra+scanner+manual+ds3608PDF link annotation
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a498bdbf078157e1d57efc1eb83f4ce/semozowirogejirodef.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_off0000de92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE92 18060 bytes
SHA-256: 499d5b92c85127742f0620bf460aa52c6f9a89c872ff56e10527afbdf4eb3824
font_01_sfnt_off00010d5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D5E 11096 bytes
SHA-256: a8ad8af006f4ba271c6143bd96088f638518bc131369cd2062ba53370a97f141
font_02_sfnt_off00012742.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12742 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1