Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1cccfe63c3150650…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 21:43:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 7c130695d7e43b6b2801b96fedbf6b15 SHA-1: 1240fc21c4b53d070c2991001948f2503671b559 SHA-256: 1cccfe63c3150650626755f1df4af81f79f79869fc21c6ddea8a5a01e37b1c3b
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and contains embedded JavaScript. It also functions as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to PDF files hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a download button lure further supports this malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/ronoroguxamezux.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://peneleos.pl/userfiles/file/91984135968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d437cbd1942---binomevafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ae4dba82c6---fawebapimake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-dolgoprudny.ru/upload_picture/file/72884213642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/445f0347aebf508c40f59c1461ffc39a/konelifeputematibajodaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talleresjpg.es/img/file/kisawitotak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/23494290993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://activepymes.com/pub/file/vabelowijidudenunuteni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090db007352a---wesatifib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56131517162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silverleafspa.ca/clients/10619/File/73523122902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tofuyatogo.com/uploads/files/joweponuvumuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kymkarajok.net/tiedostot/files/lumuvezefajidosis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ada690b1723---69707587809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alda.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16845942374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9461ea70097a5f19b0e1ec38146dd771/legesekozupidelewudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vandiestbrandstoffen.be/uploads/files/80803835016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xanbiente.de/userfiles/file/42519880221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160986896b2db0---mopetuxosixuponag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busangh.com/attfile/fckimg/file///2021060712352_741380566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/top8ap1qlnb5brihqa8nm6eqqj/98139033324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/36203704950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=isocitrate+dehydrogenase+nadphPDF 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_off0000b696.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB696 16328 bytes
SHA-256: 7f6fb06ec186f075b2c10406aef3b96d6b23a23c77de702b84d50147a9d65ac1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e088.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE088 10812 bytes
SHA-256: be4fef2538360a3f9f15371541185b12a2a5bb6172368193ab4f0268d9118d1a
font_02_sfnt_off0000f93f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF93F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1