Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cc0840d702223d84…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.1 KB Created: 2021-09-18 05:00:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: c00eb9df8b0ad3f5e4c08f1843c9b5b0 SHA-1: 628d6adb3fa6001033ec3e68e9551fcb84390c69 SHA-256: cc0840d702223d84ce47f279393e277ab6f7fd6c877fbe07c1923d38f0d0bbfe
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, with critical heuristic firings indicating embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or payload delivery, while the link farm aims to obscure the final destination. The URLs extracted suggest a pattern of hosting malicious PDFs on compromised WordPress sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9888

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://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6eid9608o6br8hddjg4ovipa0f/pepimimejiridekoguxe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/255409e9d6f3d1e342161707c515a555/71154273942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilsogno-bomboniere.com/userfiles/files/zaron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://verticala.ro/images/userfiles/66373214063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://virtrade.gr/userfiles_lybo/file/98837120683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135eb4837226---dofejab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://t-eamplus.de/web/editor/files/97625462257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divapharma.com/uploaded/file/nojapuregipiguxix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cd9eb8fcd0---gofuzegofev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambartakip.net/belgeler/file/8308721196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbidc.kr/upload/editor/file/1631181363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pitin-akutsu.com/js/upload/files/fufesepudujoxoviwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.macrolepidoptera.hu/userfiles/files/mitoduvekilap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smwebtechnology.com/arishayurveda.com/userfiles/file/zenowixivarogowomewize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qhchemicalsfeed.com/upload/files/84654605272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613870423cfe2---28832447122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nj-rshb.com/v15/Upload/file/20219121452117801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://galaxytraining.examinationonline.com/files/51380313642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elsadaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44394555018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shouce-image.kuchuancdn.com/Public/resource/files/mowipemegafanav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kratky.eu/files/file/vipinesinazanuwegotexone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gespk.com/userfiles/file/vuxugifujepefikolorodabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chixue.com/uploadfile/file/20210902053457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npcbalkan.net/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tubumigejavid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peoplefoster.com/pliki/malix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/nozabuxaxozuzasez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=boost+subscribers+instagramPDF 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_off0001113d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1113D 18416 bytes
SHA-256: e2ca6c8885936149a2d11064361d1132a52d4c6080364346332d479aef98bfd1
font_01_sfnt_off0001412c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1412C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015943.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15943 10820 bytes
SHA-256: 04eed1866fcd1508732ea2368211f14be5e53cfcc65ecfc872fd2930e1c48aa8