Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4cc826c8c7bcbe5d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

105.7 KB Created: 2021-07-17 21:53:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: bb6f6484d5c2c2d735cb7d38e159d844 SHA-1: 9f45a35c53916dc820bf0a80bc977e49e2089c3a SHA-256: 4cc826c8c7bcbe5daf6d867557e0fce1d3a3a85e5560dad8351702c6ee59ab31
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and an ML classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. The presence of an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous links to compromised WordPress sites suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious content or download further malware. The primary intent appears to be phishing or distributing malware through a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9959

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
  • 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.
  • 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.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa81091c4e8---79408491716.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab07e730e32---94966497190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karthikeyanjayaram.com/userfiles/file/xumijomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jilavujejen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loveforlungs.com/clients/a/a9/a9a80f3a93b7553e0860ec1960497db0/File/24000575468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalyna.ua/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/72590925468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c88afeb231f---35677372405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietkinggroup.com/uploads/userfiles/file/vaduzivuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e886c24941---32000625888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c002825dfb---barezoxadowenuxowuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcabianca.eu/upload/file/xuxulolazorone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjaimama.com/data/upload/2021/07/file/202107141447571146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garagehayashi.com/js/upload/files/selosek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicyazd.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63398511574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jscorporation.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5878ca580e---pesisonobipoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-vidnoe.ru/upload_picture/file/69183409904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3f9597e9c0---sosupiwoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paardenwelzijnscheck.nl/app/webroot/files/ckeditor_files/files/bimonigimex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berallebags.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210715185938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8376ba1773---77337203370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nsck-cykelmotion.dk/userfiles/file/dilazemarazenugakasupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07032b4d5080d7c7e8895c991b1dfaa4/zisukodapuxizem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wkd-uk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d269b1c20b5428556bc43e699528fc47/tigesun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=the+element+encyclopedia+of+birthdays+pdf+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_off00013c52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C52 16532 bytes
SHA-256: 9cc2716475392b1890d41986499487dbf5f50825027264d84265d7d5c054b2c7
font_01_sfnt_off0001671a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1671A 11188 bytes
SHA-256: 414031ee43682adbb6b741e423f84141601aff12338860ba8c7c660af25f9055
font_02_sfnt_off000180ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x180EF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1