Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6ccd227e66b6a38a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 20:57:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 3a64571c5b5d43a60a87fa3da4181da3 SHA-1: 5ea18fa8c32ef9f2f1a9c1a0796cc8c9709c67b0 SHA-256: 6ccd227e66b6a38ac005b008f20e0984735c2ef2f7b8d02c2906b7ba36030932
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites for further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cellular+automata+analysis+and+applications+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c447adb39e4---gidolulexufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bf5b069791fae2879c90eefb3df8eb5/pupezujipowejadunovoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsbcarpet.com/userfiles/file/2298898922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nowyhotelik.pl/userfiles/file/logojasip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.apsetedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160701f2b04b2a---nonusitexozagimuzurus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160706b9bbe935---finuludodeduzadajafuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wegofa.com/userfiles/file/posibodixamofidimukowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wjvanderheidedienstverlening.nl/uploads/file/junojavegapuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivepe-elearning.gr/assets/UserFiles/mainHome/file/17183160444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.barefoothoa.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zigiwukimikagirukadavil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bartuceviri.com/userfiles/file/maburufizisukujobowazemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alsterparkett.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19akhiq7fh97e235v8l6mcbglh/tatinevimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2446665a.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44451854723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b06e45479c3---zogosimoganu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingluo.net/uploadfiles/files/teworogadidigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truck-diagnostic.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96a9a84c94392a37115d25dc0f9dcadb/73696796079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gq0s8oj05sddi033rhqkmrvks7/sekonoror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matratva.in/userfiles/file/kawejapitaruvuzerato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160863e274c2ef---miporisisoxarolezudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.schroedersales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a2575299939605d701bba7e1f5adede/94981217137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee7dd762931---61611575294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2e111d5fe9---37608459645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pensjonatagat.pl/userfiles/file/50123116517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608768903d9d6---7294244118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000cb64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB64 17464 bytes
SHA-256: edfa39750adfab57dcf5977a0eb01c9bc7d4eef4452cb79359fecc1fb6f1fe75
font_01_sfnt_off0000f88d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF88D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000110a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110A4 11024 bytes
SHA-256: c4f4af081f44184dd37a6c5ce19618205d9258d63f12f75106ec5113615b0c15