Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cc2d116db6e59c0c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

110.6 KB Created: 2021-07-03 01:33:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 15988fbc08d11670207fbfa74bdf35d6 SHA-1: 86d3a7252de1c6a74ba3d8d204fb8c1a86f05f35 SHA-256: cc2d116db6e59c0c00e6601bac7312577d67abb553dc599ae632cb897fefc5ba
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9868

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 http://cnex.cc/images/blog//file/wufibunimiluxiwudapaded.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://brianhaymore.com/images/e/file/pokeromijapufisasajamif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fadb5395bb---golowejadegomaxori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebeaute.fr/userfiles/file/mudinivuvijogixigoxirit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vntdc.com/upload/fck/file/bexefesoboxebafiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5a0c9c5b3a---89370074871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa18a061593---61151504493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f9afb753c---45663715500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhadatv.com/webroot/img/files/87381961701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e607e197674c300eaaee360bf3e53fce/75226333626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42080c9cf94ee6de6fb08a95dd147fe3/jaruni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grancom.by/upload/docs/59748938392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bvsaigonbinhduong.com/uploads/files/97819690369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5114541f61cb2eb30adeadc23b24313/34630531263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rra6bh1h2ihtr18csoa3og48eg/rovaxijude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ntep2008.com/UserFiles/File/99621530547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/todub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chemonova.com/FCKeditor/file/fobov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160871aaa6b6ff---lekojajepakepabenabaxezed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f2a7670d82---82560285538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b17e6dd725f---rowesudagexotavetati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca5aeea4910---31013451375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9b83635267---40892912281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/807154d19368b7af89e9554f2a543841/radajumapegazagid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=except+ka+meaningPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000116b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116B2 10460 bytes
SHA-256: 2970f88cb32eb00279430b0737ced11c868ab2c868e9a47d3e3ec8cefdafec62
font_01_sfnt_off00012e67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E67 18088 bytes
SHA-256: cfeaf1f423ebf798255fe7ad1d79f4a3fdbb18c54407fcaed099f67c9fd9d264
font_02_sfnt_off0001650e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1650E 17396 bytes
SHA-256: fae5e69101e130ee144477eb80418298ea529c930954377abc10ef595ee86b3e
font_03_sfnt_off000192b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x192B1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1