Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3cc2ace637d42f0f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-07-06 15:45:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 261c2f852cee7dd7fad46fb41c82d37c SHA-1: 3a8d424ef202077f579f3e0b86e3a3b28912cbbc SHA-256: 3cc2ace637d42f0f25fc022f49dd87d2599f9184312c7a89fb4dedd6141200c7
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress installations, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of IP address literals in URIs and the use of 'utm_term' parameters further support a malicious campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae3919083ac---lowunojomomakago.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gcq624d5371seolq5f79r7kq43/68110705128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chief-moving.com/editor_upload/file/31091294376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089b47e337ee---58523919328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a86a6ade39e59ed6053767885cc5743/nefagagoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjzjygj.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/ramagepelazusatoxegivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://austral-immo.com/userfiles/files/lojavunetitudunebijamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65a73635c1b63a6c5a611b7e8b580b8a/teroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c2cs87na24j1rsr858s0bpoc3/81102174706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607209ef0889c---virixukotisojuvedefov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609281cf38a73---6908842467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160beff61b7e1e---lukoposigitoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0fc7d4f0c8---vunitaligulopekafumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089215e6e160---gufoliwubiguxomutomaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://venusland.vn/app/webroot/img/files/gadukux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfb3a18a3ba---29801451985.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n1dd34shgfnfccq2b5svvks14r/gatadimufemivivarinakif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soundreaming.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36305f12616c46d787cbdd263b016f8c/rozonagola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098209ad218d---gaxesaxepabijovuvutadereb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=summary+of+martin+luther+king+jr+letter+from+birmingham+jailPDF 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_off0000e5a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5A6 16708 bytes
SHA-256: 960cf096f4354caaa2834023171fba5504e3650301a64fe69025a81f1693eab7
font_01_sfnt_off000110b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110B7 11144 bytes
SHA-256: 114d9993d40b5df3fea8fa05aebb17bc6bd9ca88f6b4c0a2fcbeb93a71182890
font_02_sfnt_off00012a91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A91 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1