Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5ccb07fe32db841c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.0 KB Created: 2021-08-05 21:29:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 9c6af5587d5e4b6c0a2042fbd3abbafd SHA-1: 8bd10819813452714b1d8e6a8a76e7790f0fd909 SHA-256: 5ccb07fe32db841c1f1cdb25b6a0b6485e7e894f7e298d4eef8c1dd406c75c26
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download of further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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 https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f24fa6819b65e5935dad76a8a4dab7b/12942411750.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ciaooo.ru/uploades/userfiles/file/20156568061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cascinamana.it/userfiles/file/19802733483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plnjl.com/userfiles/files/11870508077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608af7acc9743---57500555451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f9bc26b2961---85425849188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd80f1173d9---jidavovikalipaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldarim.ir/basefile/hoteldarimir/files/20480679012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6c0ad57b37bb4acbbcb794fd5bd32d7/4144041078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abd0f6fe03dc8c1c5704f0c76bfbcd2b/lekotakasivubafol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.multigacos.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/kojafisupapatiguxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eviljoy.com/UserFiles/File/52866399551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a349bba9432---lulumokurapav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hartwellcook.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06bca100a58f0106b992658ee45b48f2/6386017361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garageanything.com/js/upload/files/21432831375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamitobe.ru/files/file/dubetatatikapiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/suv0gg36f4lipau6vv3krgs27b/kevidade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myupfield.link/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h5op09gsd983tej1s048fgdla8/libijadurutobotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmcnx.com/userfiles/file/47817921931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnkls.com/userfiles/file/1622419132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d6jmcsl9ldnta6thq2g19pvcl/xejigisanipeduna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seanbittinger.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/48089285473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predia.cz/userfiles/file/fobijubowusisixovifavesan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d0f186a9ea5a0f6de4d4aec59e17c90/gavojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+information+technology+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_off0001161d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1161D 17948 bytes
SHA-256: d114a3395fcce2c7ff879e7354fd47104468fc50921580c97d7b39019a9f9cd8
font_01_sfnt_off000144a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144A2 11176 bytes
SHA-256: 94a465141c6c8782a7f69ffb32c141bb7ea46afb8c4b9217f87c511032b5b11e
font_02_sfnt_off00015e6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15E6D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1