Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cee5e34599e2a151…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.3 KB Created: 2021-07-22 19:23:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 25d34391b65a5d6f5c2df97b270c8b59 SHA-1: 47a2bcfc07c768881c639be42b75259b489118f4 SHA-256: cee5e34599e2a151db7d6f910c7c84b45ec72cdf4710bdf208cb9e5cb17471f1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code or initiating redirects. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9931

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://clickkedai.com/userfiles/file/rokibopuzukeloludo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://narcisse.sk/editor_uploads/files/sudivakeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dp5t87ikcg74e62fhbq9ue24q/23264709813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinapogon.pl/upload/file/tizudatirolutizekev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transinfosoft.com/userfiles/file/97729882632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ptf5n8s5477lagglt9lb71cuvu/46265114115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070f8e5256ad---41433386184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cardealer-space.com/js/upload/files/69653288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mundori.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/riduwisupivaredoniwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e357d9f36f---kevasoxazabozalinuzadole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altonika.pro/files/fck/file/zejamupeninedosonoveku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28fd45643abc05a11146f8014b602fb7/negone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00acf7646e95c0581c772f16144e32e7/48427076154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc85395ed74---dumopojijatufebokijap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2267b71bdf685442fa0c5acea6930a65/88790859384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71duhq45ervnee2ptkl6ngpohc/xabasuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apollopowersystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cc4c74e25a379133f700b6dd09f8b2e/pitevilapafowew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bef6602d502---88637629232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebuzz.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pedulusivoveva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariabilancino.it/userfiles/files/44695582833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastendmediation.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/gerewerazediliti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoondb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a2898a32bf---37232096917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5a19e5a94d87277d8a8e3b020e2da40/88845865734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e40597be0---79045960595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f389f4b2400a5609f3823c8e3e48e36/xejopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4d3eed7d3c---87391312416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=terry+brooks+in+orderPDF link annotation
    • 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_off00012f11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F11 17144 bytes
SHA-256: 888b723da974b78b4cb1d43f020be8f55b77571b998982222f49e6f7de314cb5
font_01_sfnt_off00015be4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15BE4 10244 bytes
SHA-256: 9fd1514ab3a70a8cb5fbdfb0dd08488a4915504265d01e62c581e21079046aca
font_02_sfnt_off00017308.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17308 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1