Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cee3a247bb9ec302…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 00:58:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: d8a56943d7718cd716be3bfc63b6a314 SHA-1: 8670acfe9f328a57814deac902ad4023bc82cd2d SHA-256: cee3a247bb9ec3028f05f7d1e2a31dde7dbb6198b596ea1644b143e1ab05160d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. This suggests the file is designed to act as a lure, redirecting users to malicious websites or phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 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 https://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=meaning+of+abrupt+in+english PDF link annotation
    • http://0965818789.com/CKEdit/upload/files/nozefakepig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobrasekacka.cz/userfiles/file/begupijiwugukopabozoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webdulich.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90025946532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vestol.bg/files/file/vedotitebisulosadojumom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelsafeway.com/userfiles/file/tidowukezobetit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etre-cheval.fr/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/etre%20cheval/news_pix/file/denivafuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb4204e0d13---piwudoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7b324b6bfa---72614522468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://labelmarket.pl/data/file/giroruxexiloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/68944373643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidmitt.com/img/files/file/86619328494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toddfamilyreunion.com/clients/4/48/482e924d5a052aa4a0c13eb8a30e0bc8/File/59402725549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdio.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/76870033105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iccj.jp/images/uploads/fckeditor/file/tamebuwiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soundspace.eu/Upload/file/tirusovigowolivim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://istrouma1971.com/clients/9/9b/9b88b062b8d6af44b28e209fcb06d7d5/File/xejaboxew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizcsap.hu/files/file/37534213224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087d4a3cff7c---xobosubox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612c4a81646a6---wajikepisakaxup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itacademyindia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78368467257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjar-tech.com/uploadfile/file///2021070517004653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f2ca372cbb69633a6417746d114ddd4/98777030211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rokakisreunion.com/clients/a/a8/a85ca1e4cfc2bb88d767af442173b437/File/6910548887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carbonelite.ru/file/5438378821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ssaisarang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7317574864.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_off0000b75f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB75F 10872 bytes
SHA-256: 8bd5a75bdcecc1b7626b6ee99e8b17b12c1cff47b08ae9c75d347f3360277535
font_01_sfnt_off0000d032.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD032 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e844.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE844 15416 bytes
SHA-256: d81a5d174972583ddaa961b64f5ac8b72a591b70c8b63f20f2d066fafefdce57