Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fdcae4e894be40bd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-07-23 22:47:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: be9379252c907f09a8da46016c845155 SHA-1: 8437c51033a7b8d0b63494529b12f61783fc57d2 SHA-256: fdcae4e894be40bd1a48f0ffaaea4ea75ec11501739292a84524e6dbc6bda264
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of external URIs and link farm heuristics, indicating it is designed to redirect users to potentially malicious websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The file's structure and numerous links point towards it being a component of a larger attack chain, possibly initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2eb3028380025adb5f3fe2b8386d347c/88951776165.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://alisawedding.com/upload/users/files/kasixuxifoturil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scro.ru/pic/file/12747209643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mldinsaat.com/image/files/76513037469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokyoto.pl/UserFiles/file/55356315888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9795281d3c---vikazatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ngcm65bnput317d5hu0lilau5q/jorijimozepagemerol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmnavarra.es/ckeditor/files/57942555395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abd17b023f2---53439262800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwpokebar.com/uploads/files/92693791640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc14d61dd60---nokuwapipin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarujiovalente.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/urra5t98jvopjbs3s2pu6qm2ge/98888903873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f328b05948---forezanukikafujabokovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b8572fc50b6ae78b827ff79ed5029f4/43165356938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a400f623435a8f875014924f43a9dc30/vatoneduputarakom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poltinik.ru/userfiles/file/vugojodejonamukixisano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0b26dc886a---34413856138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db7ff968f30---zudusodexafutifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c419aa3e82---zupofemofanelonovevadis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-13/20210513015653609642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37a8b7786bf9c33eff40c2ae163343fa/98673396315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ancoraeducacion.com/images/68065899957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9019f7e601---vopalujobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb6324dc719---tiweju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asianaccounting.com/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/wafekedudin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c3fcd804ca0f8e21dc02825d8207d82/jasilojawaxikobetuwux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonweringbelgie.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zisowufepolofubikipesedin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c784cdb4ccc874c311b3a912b9339630/faxurofuxefujujavemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=candy+crush+saga+unlimited+gold+bars+mod+apk+downloadPDF 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_off0000f512.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF512 16952 bytes
SHA-256: 5ccde852e90e441c0e9990a09ce642b35f446ee8686aba99d771270bfaa3512d
font_01_sfnt_off0001213e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1213E 11524 bytes
SHA-256: 100262fabff050b5ba9e783af1357730076e1249c7925a68cefc607165cc6e71
font_02_sfnt_off00013c05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C05 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1