Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ced376af919306b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 12:08:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 210586e94852c46811b10eb4e5c5020a SHA-1: e2c734a006c19c9e128a3d3f3d94e80869cfc7f2 SHA-256: ced376af919306b281c2627bf8ba4bdbb240238ed99a2e04ff3b74cd68c28d52
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to numerous websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially malicious content or phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9909

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://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ff3e1780bbd2ca7efd41c057d33c090/31427428990.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://carsen.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/44310707026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jagamimpi.org/contents//files/56964180513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stlnsk.ru/uploads/file/51364104337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newsru.md/upload/userfiles/files/pumesanisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://criteriacambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iairs08hsbgkjcqfsnq4q9hibn/32667777451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fobosgrunt.ru/files/ckfinder/files/begewizagami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41817f72c75a9b823ac226aeca0f10b7/32506930929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612b5f3cb4ba2---22248811658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0918cbc301085ba6c5a3035c79d8867/wiwirutibasurawakis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://novahealthclinic.ca/userfiles/file/88778707311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160918a6f494be---78860032479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607446b81e6a4---sogefugupikelumox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161008514cb981---puteliridiwel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoltysnieg.pl/pliki_wyswig/files/78684219721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4grd.com/cmsimages/file/wixivis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tvss9l80qaiv6r1fgq4gl7c704/71372703857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://micronforgacsolo.hu/UserFiles/file/majezigal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abugfreemind.com/userfiles/file/jenedoxasute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokyoracing.hu/userfiles/file/17928669686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://langumeistras.lt/i/File/13859050811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/49409153691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.citysecurity.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11fjnqkk16efha8j8mq6io8kel/45707151007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coytex.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22489246068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o3ttddcqvmctq077cj7hhr8054/96678041765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=mathematical+model+of+linear+programmingPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b06d6def1a5---48197867796.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_off0000cde0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDE0 18620 bytes
SHA-256: e131e243407d3b22a06d344ab5bddae9e067612146d139a1fb19dd9832f350b5
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE55 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 594f41ad1df3affef47641e4fe1a3d4a1abb76edb96902f91a820bfbc9e78d6e
font_02_sfnt_off00011719.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11719 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1