Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9cca18b6f26e518f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-10-05 05:30:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 3f8d51291f2c7f33d6184f3329632214 SHA-1: 4e74b395efb457be236eb55eb5ec64846b3f28ec SHA-256: 9cca18b6f26e518f5a678c82486ccc5deb4e7ee2c687cf020908428336a0df06
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=react+iterate+array PDF link annotation
    • https://jeevandeepspecialcare.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95198379644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a87a13ab31f9f37f280e9b54b9f3fa2/62839775729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614ca34010851---sukonemowinikonovomopasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615956e327bdd---kozamek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://priscar.com/documents/files/57795185145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dellalontra.it/userfiles/files/muruleninetorelabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://universalthailand.com/images/uploads/ckfinder/files/18657419166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nomorecpapmachine.com/userfiles/files/dolalazakiredovafotib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bephoangdung.vn/uploads/ckfinder/files/67258082788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camphacement.vn/upload/files/47839907569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnfgl.netsociality.com/upload/files/rufis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://codecs.ro/images/file/38372224457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swancentive.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pikalirok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cateringkieuan.com/uploads/userfiles/file/53631297998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4226080.kad.tw/kads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2979073748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://badischer-kunstverein.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lativodinukagido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://12333hy.com/admin/fckeditor_upfiles/file/2021100112350780554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://communeouchamps.fr/userfiles/file/99875851300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webminmax.com/userfiles/file/21496127301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silatur.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67611036242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141e66b0e076---tenutinolulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toliveinchristjesus.ceosale.catholic.edu.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/togufojovego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terracell.pt/images/file/savaravo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takarasushimn.com/userfiles/files/49223722133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atx-stroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cca3188dbd97b6310f13956b8c0b79c8/dutobipuxikoba.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_off0000d77b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD77B 18704 bytes
SHA-256: 0cf6c5c71b5e63f3177489507d82137a1505c39f2f5c6e5a5677511daa0f6218
font_01_sfnt_off00010863.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10863 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012079.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12079 9944 bytes
SHA-256: 4724bb06f444dc7cd6870ba853e32ed2dff4a36726a64ee987c8af7c485ba50a