Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 84cccb1110c8730d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.7 KB Created: 2021-08-20 21:21:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 60228adba563f13f6aa22575137988bc SHA-1: 44d85936adbb48478ef8e794555f970dded88447 SHA-256: 84cccb1110c8730d865c2b9d49a8b39bfff06fe804377c200db73da15c47eeab
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of an attempt to lead users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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=how+to+reset+restrictions+passcode+on+iphone+5+without+computer PDF link annotation
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c501206d499c23f5200715d0e8140f36/lugisitenip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.barrau-philippe-sedeco.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lovadulasujewiwexirazabox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purofirstli.net/userfiles/file/17051281646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fc2c1d12354---mepugoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fishtech.org/uploads/userfiles/file/file/48426009244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capesociety.ca/uploads/files/waraderotufusorum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9894bcecbbb439622a0dddaf921c3310/zugevijeregabuwofado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bed94b6ff28---boloziwino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chung-pei.com/userfiles/file/67698688585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mps-india.com/userfiles/files/dawinewuzenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parvazyab.com/basefile/api203/files/38831191184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160836efe2c6da---wulopikebivis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flardochform.se/userfiles/file/rojabogeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l1thg9mlec75lkmn5gfe3jo705/29277619706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3917ae56ffd2610fe5a58a13abc90385/gunowunemuvasitizuzexumad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://craftsmancuttingdies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/265230c5b7717ea9a81d0129701b2af1/muxebonedurugikugep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dd048e5216402424530960fa397d69a/vekiziselufuvesonigidalis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murphysbeads.com/clients/54316/File/32917496496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-label.com/upload/files/putofefasodokutawenuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf6659a20a---55933836089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ric74nkde6b0n21r1i2212lhu0/ruderika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b9def8527b---89114434959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc3itbmt1f0s1rt7p63s3clhu3/7699301966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g8kena017hcgkflmmu43bttjav/lulaniwimibil.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001037f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1037F 11044 bytes
SHA-256: 4911556c94f84966fd36105922bec1b1263c01abf95324cf0c7e2722a6fcc55c
font_01_sfnt_off00011d15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D15 18028 bytes
SHA-256: a95a68f3c330b90a6c0c68f38ba7979801f28e5529bf78d39b6bab0d6464092c
font_02_sfnt_off00014ccb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14CCB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off000164dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x164DC 16376 bytes
SHA-256: 0c133022d1e9883d2ff7035cf84f1fa0be9cfa0d671266bc5a940283bc0f9855