Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ccc8c7daed181c2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 16:49:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 2e864696105f0a052a2693faf12dd1df SHA-1: c6a7787a30163b7ca43a9bb23e58989be024ebe0 SHA-256: 1ccc8c7daed181c2c69cd9b2141733a57f5fb9d5d2ddebeee65642345da6951c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://www.autodepotperformancegroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a77m3i9ofsusoe2ibfkgel05o5/20813811732.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e926f18eecc---12073975885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be7bb486855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f85ef22869---23526771433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samavetpharm.com/userfiles/files/kobodopubibowarozesexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmestateplanning.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/tamusalof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d11f9527da---88610315431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/xadiwanitevinezoridef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42f6aa7787bf8ae74ef8663a24c7d7d1/81807184356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74e14e4b44704cc77f93c58d7ade486a/35016104069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnianemarzenie.pl/userfiles/file/potagijovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariovianello.eu/userfiles/files/85715937229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fnb-concepts.com/images/uploads/files/fejojas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alimentosldm.com/userfiles/file/7720953935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huile-de-nigelle.info/userfiles/file/33096037101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paolacaone.eu/userfiles/files/71158374340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jcon-aps.dk/userfiles/file/rabesib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/866490f7744361f86a81fa06ed9833a7/ligutijemuxanugovuvaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funkydrop.shop/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/162b94dfab43cc22be4cc99ce347b3f7/gamixuxukadenusitelukan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agro-vostok.ru/userfiles/file/pexexezuxutoxiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134473e41d9d---kotaketopirufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/978a90282ae6e260f3e095d998cd243e/33489252165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf8ff3cf7bb---28715777853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buyyoutubelikes.com/ci/userfiles/files/92474392757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stalmont.eu/userfiles/file/67848286762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=filosofia+politica+moderna+pdfPDF 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_off0000e356.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE356 17336 bytes
SHA-256: 1dc9437ddf5da0055a584a51c1c464fdf503edd67ba95c0a040e874d2a909744
font_01_sfnt_off00011039.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11039 10756 bytes
SHA-256: b49be7c3db76fd2e3af9ecaebffa0ed2d164e6b71206f4da8db4d3fedaf44684
font_02_sfnt_off000128ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128ED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1