Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ceb6b56c43d9576d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-08-01 17:41:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 842969510b9a3c4eacac547310e635a9 SHA-1: e5e0dc31910866b7e335307e119f22b5bc3ab947 SHA-256: ceb6b56c43d9576dd19d55a0a2509d8c3385074e7352aa7d76fca0e6d975689a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and is flagged as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ejercicios+complementarios+lainitas+quinto+grado+bloque+1 PDF link annotation
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbce76cf357---9857884214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magnettoptan.com/upload/ckfinder/files/jibifugekaximurinibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsinc.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c943c9d77418160e83ceb6f3bf4d492/fifunaxafadezagiwikapofon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deckdreams.ca/clients/3/34/34055ef41782f8f15ebf372c1e39ecad/File/wivefovipudibaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ekselantechnology.solutions/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75810795267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddshower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/manosojapuvelezawipimoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msamerica.net/clients/873634/File/53158503366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/xidowodavodudif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160781c69e4e68---konagubidisuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f6ced4de53---54944681975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paletydozahrady.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95945925738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d286ced217fc2f010d57edfbbfe124e4/tulufifoneralo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ca1d60b56---wozezejisovixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a8d7f1254f889f2b0377d295467fda0/30741648172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2d7a44b4e8---39188912569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghioroiu.ro/sites/default/files/file/89520572226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984aa54649c---xuzobow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irvinenott.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11170555566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e90ca7686---33695471444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071caa82d937---notok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dungcumaymoc.com/Images_upload/files/fupifesodafagavasejiguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ede092eaf9ca312cc76deee8a8ac9e44/semikoxuweketewiboragarux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://criminisiepartners.it/userfiles/files/xedep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/drh3a45oehga4dpc8c8kk7g086/47805759179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pn-tech.net/userData/board/file/90361734580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c46fc3f9d9---34340929498.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_off0000d7d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7D7 11408 bytes
SHA-256: 0969634b93b61bb1a19bb97180bf3bd1fced71a213847d9e9810f7eff817b1a9
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1F9 17124 bytes
SHA-256: ddf7e5f87a5c71790d2b6cee4c9bcc766a8418c769c600f6d0a5a852438be15e
font_02_sfnt_off00011d17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D17 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1