Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ced780dbe8bbef44…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 00:34:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 127e2067f74166c28b4337b143aab033 SHA-1: 88f414a1c9483c8ad78d02d69e6c2e8256c5813e SHA-256: ced780dbe8bbef4490db89f5378cb81fbb2c45053896d343f3c5b6b510f0a372
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of embedded URLs and the heuristic firings point to a common PDF-based lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=reading+comprehension+worksheets+for+5th+grade+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://arcomproltd.com/userfiles/file/kunozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160934edd51699---79157738670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moiarchitekci.pl/pliki/file/65201595263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f7ff8f897cbe7679469594abf3242e8/55459113391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/74301642263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1ade7f3751de75164c16436b41a40a9/segev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8s76cl7jukvtlr7o258ns7np71/88007608279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamay.de/userfiles/file/39807396780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoshiftbid.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/1113186368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slp61.com/clients/e/e2/e296dcecfd7d10ffef0cc83fef253c72/File/37973296532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e96f59b049---19319474296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vedaaz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qjdmhbpacfu9ckoa3n12ho1713/30643476274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestbuyfromindia.com/userfiles/file/kidonasilej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ce9cc88a54---64048048377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16104cd451439c---kegifodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7808e40fbb36027f7c25d424a6fc24e/17522181013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patriarca-batiment.com/ressource/site-image/files/38271695542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210531081453677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jpns90vu7ot59k05tjpvj38rpe/14212304917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lacecinella.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/33482168506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/113edb1bebfa4e4fd24a9ef90f59cb72/ramunifajikosam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juraganmonyet.com/contents//files/rurovijofajipojafozeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d59380790c1ccaef803680450ab0435f/25269461815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.posluh.hr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/giziwofopitavofimunaj.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_off0000e96e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE96E 18052 bytes
SHA-256: d09abdc170d8d78e22e1800e1d586cea21764e434ce2a869c704bea010e6dcd8
font_01_sfnt_off000117d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117D5 11376 bytes
SHA-256: 3481bbfeda0f5e4ac8533fc58985220b83c5c5d9b60484ac6e3d1f7ba3233999
font_02_sfnt_off00013254.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13254 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1