Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cc3648d845176c5d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-24 03:36:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 5eaae3fa99cde32fdcd0fcc87f226a4d SHA-1: 51b809bdd24347e26999290e6d3b70686d71964f SHA-256: cc3648d845176c5d05773372028965b7cfb9b03175a7d8a4db05c214f0109b35
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of a visual download button and numerous external links, including one hosted on a compromised WordPress site, suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, preventing a more detailed analysis of its specific lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://mestav.sk/uploaded_images/file/bonipinotipupabakananab.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://smarttechsolutionukltd.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/raxuzado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sun-green.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81903281680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vertex-decor.com/userfiles/file/55919597605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2015.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jejojadikefisipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nemdanangpho.com/uploads/2021-09-23/images/files/geduta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjsddesign.com/filespath/files/20210907060636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rumahbaruku.com/contents/files/dezatapujuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosyromania.com/media/file/78229909731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constantemail.com/userfiles/file/1631889077bivajomipup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1187c4dd18564b02c01ffef3403074a8/38396149803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143bfdc5aa3b---xifajoxikalegutobigevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613895068f30b---41536108477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiron-ventures.com/chiron/home/img/upload/files/210912090801627145o0wzw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--42cfa4ewb0a0b3fwh.com/imageupload/files/sagutagipolum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161427bc8bfde2---89184820559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manage4.realtourvision.com/rtv/ckfinder/userfiles/images/files/negizolupalizem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614bb17b7e3f6---fupuwefamuzewozube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlas-consulting.ro/fckeditor/fisiere/file/vikenemazufelajuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguoiquangphianam.com/uploads/files/46091731854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsrmvolontari.it/userfiles/files/80439098224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161341851787a2---jolosupojupag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=hotstar+mod+apk+premium+download+for+androidPDF 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_off0000e27b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE27B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA92 10928 bytes
SHA-256: afbd72207561c2f5c0d105b9b1452a8b736a36371f4f8a02b18f82083877871d
font_02_sfnt_off000113e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113E1 17860 bytes
SHA-256: 591609a1e00a3d6b6a576db4b2dbf7ed48bb06a945f39ba8e8c3b7ce5ef3c88f