Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cea763f609e8aaed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.5 KB Created: 2021-10-01 04:22:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 81fce978918fd17bba9f8220b566c4ed SHA-1: 898cebe05297b56eb740cdac38b987cc03f914f0 SHA-256: cea763f609e8aaed21cc1d0a5bbf87ee2a5104557c63bcb3da94642a2210fa1d
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The document's structure, with minimal text and a single image, strongly suggests a lure designed to trick users into clicking a link that likely leads to a second-stage payload or phishing page.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9837

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 2 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://spy-military-labs.com/userfiles/file/89848656511.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zimmerei-possert.at/50333065884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wiz-fac.com/uploadImg/file/zupis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovitcaribe.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuvewiteguradalipedeleka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cimkezes.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/posufuvuxafukiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariasangiacomo.it/userfiles/files/61438943356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marsalanoleggio.it/userfiles/files/49308233292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614cf6cae0f79---zibujozafekumidutup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoxidice.ro/mm/file/detewusabaruwutuvura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmquiltacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/60784036888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bf2cff6081a7b429196c796e7e652a9/zesiforo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ansing.nl/userfiles/file/zedonizivinoleno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cs-nippon-cp.com/mailmagazine/upload/files/xibolalanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crosswaysrecruitment.com/userfiles/file/zejaputokurulolopanik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cargobull.cz/res/file/bulajegog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aranysolyomfeszke.hu/editor_up/begezap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0vuf9ckk5pjpp9qj1b66nnkr5/28883041791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camberwelltaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/xakijexarijejetewofix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matraholding.hu/images/userfiles/files/nuzuwuxukusifidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143cc1b2c9ce---bimusuzuwunaritupagev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://excitechem.com/userfiles/file/mivuposibufopiwawapuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fibaquitaine.fr/cebatrama/userfiles/files/kowixekazudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgocsm.in/userfiles/file/sezaxelegudozusovewug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thrifty-uy.com/files/others/sesisematov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135c0986629c---94747644801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fibertech1.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/loniposuzape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://filtrydokoparek.pl/img/all/poxusasaxekajupep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=red+and+orange+make+what+colorPDF 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_off0000b40c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB40C 10780 bytes
SHA-256: 5da6058e0e4cbdee8247b942546770b2ab160d5a41600e5690e175830007697c
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC88 14348 bytes
SHA-256: 4715db0e0546fa14d1a8435e25ca3fb0fd812ac03a1593b73a783681dae43d54
font_02_sfnt_off0000f043.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF043 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1