Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ced14d91cb5d3ffc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 06:59:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: c97d90615747fcb5cb255b2eb0bf6de6 SHA-1: e0f0cc49543b16a0cc258afa083f204f5326b130 SHA-256: ced14d91cb5d3ffc4233a0201b35f80637172086817cb0d5ac9263213ffe7220
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of multiple links on disposable hosting and the use of UTM parameters further support this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ef1793dc83---dugobis.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hurtmar.pl/Upload/file/23473576661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160856ca6a81aa---1292267653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polymer-optix.de/userfiles/file/81420083318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maconlux.lu/userfiles/files/tiputifumefenasovewune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984252e61b3---sikijufuzodelimoxoxenoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joyearland.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37735888877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aedwea.com/upload/foto/gegosuxefarepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibb-online.ru/f/file/merozefovabopefilurag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tumsad.org/img/editor/image/file/93087116087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://web68s.com/upload/files/42549109634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloverpark1959.com/clients/51168/File/sajekarabojubuludizunox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metall-press.ru/files/kitugazasutipijet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lorofilmes.com/Uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gifuwixul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bocamvigliesrooms.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f54037fed7e9797e217f77f78669673b/93234346655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stinpo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76294061079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://justbuymeds.net/userfiles/file/gisifakosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09u4bo0tb9lpqgpme0g6jj5ttj/refovajexokuvaregixem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce5f3803587---7991138198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shidoremicrosys.com/media/74308824164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiszelyugyvediiroda.hu/docs/file/46801782579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dietaltop.com/userfiles/files/68583938534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clinic4lab.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210628155754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hermangroupcorp.com/clients/3/38/389628ddbd62db2fa1e4299ecdfc1861/File/64720673417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--krmer-dnnebacke-1kb72b.de/files/file/59051953701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=pest+analysis+book+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://janyska.home.pl/_mjanyska2013/fotki/file/kigibegozaxoxazebowuzaso.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_off0000bccd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBCCD 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 55a177dfd4f362610e407dcd10be78f0dc222c91314b2b44d046189ec218f717
font_01_sfnt_off0000d56c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD56C 15784 bytes
SHA-256: fde5363dcf513b92dae596c72b66e88b227c3537ec17a750c291e2a6f3c6b719
font_02_sfnt_off0000fd29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD29 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1