Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8cc174fafafface4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-06-28 14:19:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: c5eb1892f09f43a5dfc54feed73c0802 SHA-1: e71e71f1147d48b51ce0620687006aac1375363e SHA-256: 8cc174fafafface4506f307109196fed8fcacf76e1102af3961f5eb082c5062b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document that contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=chess+puzzle+with+answer PDF link annotation
    • https://bellevuecommunityfoodbank.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72d490a88cd85a9294fe2f2587c4ec93/14696452394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobistore.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6db93874d13dea724a5903bcd3830d86/2769976829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n7qd1ttvdp0j6l5gei9bqh8bd3/podijejazufapozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e6625543ed---92757023482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prairieroseclothiers.com/FCKeditor/file/rapobogegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ef330f5606a781efa343cd130ec3639/xeforade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be20ccba119403e80ba40f9d36d9c780/desabuluvajovojipexoriwid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c69a232ecd21cdccf5fb9e689f6a1ae/41830591987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160772be47660d---momademenegekuzazamufima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centralwestwoodclassof1983.com/clients/c/cd/cd4b3c89dd1500142a52f05b9125c350/File/lelonemivenux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staropolski.net/Upload/file/74407075686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1490854f773c37c1aeddd77b41459b82/zezonilirosegifave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a7733d2519a064f662d34d056f35171/vupegodej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://louvre.lv/res/wysiwyg/file/2836165352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipiland.net/upload/file/pikoremaxawevozezufidek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6oh70ogetfaavr7o6npijjsn5/tidenuvotagiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b18e175203b---bepamotixunugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5574529c0349e2cde50cb8d4a84cd6cd/6518147779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vet-arrighicolangelicristilli.eu/userfiles/files/28227030966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3588e16902---metezufusidufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a921b6b03f8---373714044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095efd388712---62575256940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airconbank.com/upload/fckeditor/file/tenirufupunebifufopabe.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_off0000f7a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7A4 18756 bytes
SHA-256: b19a1718185e339c3bb9bccedfb10f9cd9bc2e9f7772364fd5be06cbdfb3785d
font_01_sfnt_off000126ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126AD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013ec4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EC4 10508 bytes
SHA-256: b4ae154b8f0081bf67973452c6762d3eee1c7113c65d4e75c52f0120def0554a