Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9cc857012c6c8fea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.5 KB Created: 2021-07-04 13:48:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 652775b05fd784d737d586e532f336cf SHA-1: 36fbe18694bbca3af377ae61cf5f034aa3ff7b75 SHA-256: 9cc857012c6c8fea313480060a466ba48393706a1a7a10190971c6b0f360ff85
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malware or redirect users to phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://www.litesourcenc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b078080b97e422832afdb6ff0203d81/bosenenomip.pdf
    • https://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be29c736ce1bcdf3845ea7ab01b32e1b/taludajataminefagufigu.pdf
    • https://freedomhypnosisnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bde6a80309ba8e5e56ab31f643d1e9bc/tonolagalopafijakudinefum.pdf
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160740549ca6df---86039397992.pdf
    • http://mmckno2010.zkosuchdol.info/files/51950458822.pdf
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ad429a2422d7b8f063bcc9752046acd/10066793617.pdf
    • https://greenlakepaint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luboduzebugupajukesa.pdf
    • https://baileyelectrical.services/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cnge074kl9drudg9u6cv75vc25/83975456276.pdf
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160787eae07db7---70842819911.pdf
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aeb164708ba---73415279651.pdf
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4db36e6c7624433364b589385e800567/nagefuzagemapok.pdf
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fj6d29ptihdghvkqbr89iphg5/95531762529.pdf
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ob9fdrefbmqkm358eps507j5aa/gegumomaxiwerezotimi.pdf
    • https://nazrabilisim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/60871468879.pdf
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51a8b028c1de6c23a5f53c34d75e8beb/roledebofaxerexu.pdf
    • http://klpa.net/userData/board/file/36943348798.pdf
    • http://geriatriccarenewjersey.com/userfiles/files/pozozidegitovusekutef.pdf
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93b1f1a489519d094a66c3862667f1c9/xinutopufobisizo.pdf
    • http://shiinamotors.com/js/upload/files/lewovozaz.pdf
    • https://acgroupenterprise.com/userfiles/file/reneveromubeledogaburav.pdf
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5u0hnbdo0kpnb0pt4i2ni2mhq/tobupipekideb.pdf
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a321b28ebb0---tefafosezadefugotewufopuw.pdf
    • https://bluebeakbranding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82cfdb0995fd4576d6b71222adef91e5/16728636009.pdf
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/htc3tj1oo50ns529per19ca2d0/40456503275.pdf
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084ad6c5c139---32929922297.pdf
    • http://szpital-sulecin.pl/images/fckfiles/file/59707109511.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=tiny+worm+hanging+from+thread
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010a4f.bin
7301849edc463a4f21926e204f0340b7f406fb7b10d53ac2f73bb49f14608366
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A4F 17132 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00013697.bin
ada7dd7c61623ac781a96270c4d4762669adfaa92dda4f9823ed4a68954d4bc8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13697 10748 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014efb.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14EFB 16792 bytes