Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cc275e63b4c83ee9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-08-30 03:36:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 77e04f5bbb1f77ba8e3fcf365b222e8b SHA-1: 9d48638dc658d3b9ef5d2d1cea8682befe15eb39 SHA-256: cc275e63b4c83ee9ec47185f16eccbd3f9a44f94529d0ee69135ff96f4166cfb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features numerous external URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely involving redirection to malicious content or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=charlotte+knights+shop PDF link annotation
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df63f43018---vovawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fcef9cd538---40493444601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ergunaygoren.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075eccd4670b---1404309040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/joperewagoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubon.top/uploads/files/batinufumow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b65481316c1796cbd7388996e6b21cbe/19603225202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095d363403e8---22348289267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aukuras.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sutawutikovuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edc8dedb9adf400aecec1ee758794999/82219615654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609402e8467fd---sibazapulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juraganmonyet.com/contents//files/60344734330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nordatec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5u3rfeodut78l9ds80tqnucqmu/8751802851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b46c94d6a97f2f3168aea62fb0ae774e/96034956947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://losmarinoslanzarote.com/marinarubicon/admin/file/65756099784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a238f0890---nixoxam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071b645eb2ec---zavorofisuzulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivo-mebel.ru/upload/file/54516057316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161233c902d564---lazasatenolew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ca27650b9d---42168076285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agermag.ro/mm/file/59330597056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160942f62af9cf---4589080518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pelicanfinancialnetwork.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3490320054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bf353772e1---narizelimirilirufip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/kepidobewawatozifeposanul.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_off0000da61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA61 19036 bytes
SHA-256: 4b9fe7250562e88cd28dfd192e8c6d8015e47315b9c26f260a7fc89a801aef6d
font_01_sfnt_off00010c64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C64 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001247b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1247B 10656 bytes
SHA-256: 9205b98c8fe93cdad1ee6fa3b899c80affff49b08ee342407e81ccfc51ce3e1f