Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cee746a376704e2c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 01:30:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5b4d38deb74a41531ffde1ee7d805ca4 SHA-1: 95ec3bcc6d546351fd0e318a8e9c6151b9596a5c SHA-256: cee746a376704e2c0c79b9e4ccc26f64fb9a23590dc7da1f7f414eba3e76d29c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting. These links likely serve to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 http://studiosimonepantaleo.it/userfiles/files/52725394975.pdf
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612c66c48dae3---12714846337.pdf
    • https://samirkumarpaul.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mopajeligulotezak.pdf
    • https://numen-wow.com/userfiles/cloud//files/29277105581.pdf
    • http://essuances.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70065016166.pdf
    • https://codecs.ro/images/file/wuvofasenixiwajeroxikogif.pdf
    • http://vitalenzyme.com/uploads/fckupload/file/67297806113.pdf
    • https://arbormaster.net/uploads/files/jitulovorenizokorekul.pdf
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d5b35ca96c00ebf09dfb435a3fd9306/nawofimamitiza.pdf
    • http://kiemdinhcan.com/Images_upload/files/sinulejimadewu.pdf
    • https://www.lashharmony.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l0hug91mps3h9ruc3bg3coicuf/pidemex.pdf
    • http://ltptech.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/wojolibafurutuw.pdf
    • https://tonwen.org/userfiles/file/34297958125.pdf
    • https://hotellemaritime.com/hotel/upload/files/74758451519.pdf
    • http://wwsm-us.com/files/file/pepanifuxikuzusuxokigibe.pdf
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa85d5a6a4b---puwodikaw.pdf
    • http://e-store-sys.com/userfiles/file/nugigegugamufaxizop.pdf
    • https://interface-graphique.com/upload/editor/file/xetavugudutomajenaniz.pdf
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5e2a7824e1---zujereraser.pdf
    • https://kimtuong.vn/isc/public/files/fckupload/file/31884313877.pdf
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adc6e50f3bd---95318226958.pdf
    • https://trungtamgiasuhcmmq.com/uplaod/quangtri/files/difowejonedomirun.pdf
    • http://pytextiles.com/userfiles/file/13400411634.pdf
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f9f4ce3689---11706343704.pdf
    • http://urs-certification.com/gais/image/file/lopixon.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=squiggle+art+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d5fe.bin
2973afbb88ef449e98e779b421f5e34041b71827a3bd357e346f9b3e035abb73
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5FE 10600 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000edd0.bin
dcf5cf60a6bc3024fab643fa65cc225656ca08c307e111fc9e27ef7778a24375
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDD0 17988 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011cce.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CCE 16792 bytes