Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c5cc3f45c6881f96…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 00:34:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 64d404ec3d844a947b4ccddbee62dd6b SHA-1: 8c10a23b6db9d2bbc50883524600737901883bcd SHA-256: c5cc3f45c6881f9699ce50ec418bc03a4d827c2629be1ee8acfc591c51c241cc
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of an attempt to lead users to malicious content.

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0fecca8d6ac8af1ca6fb78fff711f4c7/299819605.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fygl.net/uploads/file/160804453778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hssanesteban.cl/files/81929652963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kjphotocon.org/data/userfiles/files/vujadididakusuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivepe-elearning.gr/assets/UserFiles/mainHome/file/jodawojadan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/xidaguvirite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mcserpenti.com/userfiles/file/80980305586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://140.121.180.103/ckfinder/userfiles/files/memogan.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://pokemom2.com/uploads/files/46313954109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160823c0fc6f0f---budosesitixibijovidigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097e434dd502---22432434084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b8d37791baa905dec754d974d2b8e07/10735293227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087e1056df89---judomaxivububuxezelan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmresidences.com/images/bulk_images/files/76005813830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmhs1963.com/clients/7/72/7286fd37811b7a5dece6e69924e4d5ab/File/24990197652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochi-polyana.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13359037704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5edd97dab087848003fff33b0bf02b4/2085506749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qytbearing.com/upfile/file/kotafafavofenedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3c5fc6cff7---74407843205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56359e4c550b228ac266235b2b3dd275/denag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tysons-cafe.com/uploads/files/resowomevigejip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sindonis.com/userfiles/file/48690729054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmeds.us/userfiles/file/86118251376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highlandlynxotic.com/clients/7/73/73cf6ae24f8ea70eb1cbac1dff6b0f9e/File/nolozisazolofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ethpc4kttkhjv0vmk4r7kcbnc7/22400052143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=algebra+two+step+equation+practice+worksheetPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000d170.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD170 17968 bytes
SHA-256: be93ff8b2053c6c5f4c007eca475fca8d3abc83f59c50100c4ada04ab27b0064
font_01_sfnt_off000100ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100AE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000118c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118C5 11196 bytes
SHA-256: 932facce08e1fe64a373b71d47d49f5bea2b1f9a875fe1ced956e9ff45f3ad4b