Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cc217473f3fe333c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.3 KB Created: 2021-08-26 07:15:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 64ea8f4f2c67a4a55273485bed90e56c SHA-1: 22c494dc3fc3e94c72683398a1a121fb72798250 SHA-256: cc217473f3fe333c15e5c4d923b1d7b310a5b3dc10b5214a7c08625ff138c4d0
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a significant number of embedded URLs that point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, forming a link farm. This suggests the primary purpose is to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=multicultural+manners+new+rules+of+etiquette+for+a+changing+society PDF link annotation
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8c0213a58f---61843239758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hosvagyok.hu/userfiles/file/48020352553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc17ade4122---pikotuvipanukarifojem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sahfaiqilkk8dliirdcog2eg25/najapamagabunozobube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cb4c203283---botinav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deesudcoolingtower.com/userfiles/file/74010189717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc433a4f7f---20726527978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yournamebadges.com/withyourdog/cms_uploads/file/sajubeneteganaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3colorjazz.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/76092657489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cn24i2a2nqorcr1n4mfuu16p0/88835360427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pristineleather.com/userfiles/file/filinusipukegarefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esrafisek.com/images_upload/files/biporafofarelegepex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://an-professional.ru/img/files/file/65946170075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe3aacc6d4c67206212ce5c9995a9ad9/34237955652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asianmosaicnyc.com/userfiles/file/vuwegujafebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7baurhmm2pnqaujvag3rhvbg0b/towitavetanagugum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfdf35436c7---bijokafizizoraxekuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riggi.ru/userfiles/file/kibebegazuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auroraenergyproject.it/userfiles/files/dibalemoromirabela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigandtallking.com/userfiles/file/84610413105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://djapm.com/userfiles/file/burovop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sotel-perm.ru/site/file/dotaxutonujag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uco-kampen.com/media/files/milimerikevonor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camwater.org/media/files/safujidul.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_off00010ea6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EA6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000126bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126BD 11220 bytes
SHA-256: 6e0efb7eec2eca19489f0aebfa59296969de48599b0b92860abb07320022e387
font_02_sfnt_off000140a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140A1 17256 bytes
SHA-256: 37896a798f12adc12332836978be118f9c66da070db9c5ae7b11a71801791ab7