Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1cc0303473b08f68…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 17:13:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 22f72e389cc6f61f2d8c86baa98e660c SHA-1: ceff075981c94152d7abb6dd2e1df94988a4cd0c SHA-256: 1cc0303473b08f6819ddae6bd0dd7ab43f895e74073a92b7fe04ad3d44cfe370
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or other disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, but the link farm structure is a common tactic for initial access.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://lnaixi.com/userfiles/file/20210731162516_1999999074.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac0424d77d1---rawipupopevabezivopures.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandinhr.eu/images/user/file/vinabubewoxome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613213360627d---24320558761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenfci.org/userfiles/file/nurobipelilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://talaa-obour.com/webmisr/uploadwebmisr/file/genanutezelelekujododet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee0507bc98a---muzoxisorol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a78356c3c28e636d7e80d3efa20881d8/89041749896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609703fd643c4---29089180223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutrisoilvietnam.com/upload/files/robuponukabamupinageveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e004267f9c074492861125e7a0cc030f/kinonezubojiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ddaengshop.com/ckupload/files/34412116564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jwconsult2005.com/file_media/file_image/file/60177565485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16107e26816e9f---80329426589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079f42c5bc61---14475098768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocariola.com/userfiles/files/fosamevevujapud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glassco.ca/clients/9/99/99aa1728c1dafa3cf8773a75727b87c9/File/nebojutibulatugudomita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b31111dc85c---64098627688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3cc434fb9432b996fb6bf90dba2ad73/91159247562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdb9235240c---fadutonufevog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roc.mn/uploads/files/ludifetegewijelobenad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hizlipin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/dixolit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grubstreet.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kozen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwstationery.com/files/file/64458614263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b42ee1db18---11495905733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=sentences+run+ons+and+fragments+worksheet+answersPDF 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_off0000d821.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD821 11136 bytes
SHA-256: 6cfc86481a196a9fe0309b83ca0e2b396908b06448b9e016ee1f9865e1b071ab
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1D9 17256 bytes
SHA-256: 80665777bf3c8986fe19d8aa97f9d5ea4988408e11c28d6008a9e4b54598cbd9
font_02_sfnt_off00011ecc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11ECC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1