Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cc3de37016662b07…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.2 KB Created: 2021-08-14 08:12:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 192bfac6218d3f2e680c8b700e54e4ce SHA-1: 4f21698e380cbe4fa28df5f17ad1d606edd099de SHA-256: cc3de37016662b0722eaaf0098657cdf5289c8643c07b2eb801ab8494177c474
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. These links likely serve to distribute further malware or lead users to phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609653becc753---77899993493.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d2853348e---mebadesekakolekereven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c50b0a5373f69a0fc805cd04a48e87f/riduxipafer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d1fdc9ad0d---88404977050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thetsaban3watnuea.com/UserFiles/file/84155319612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607feb3f4bed3---10436701140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d1e27b662a---83528168653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dvg.asia/ckfinder/uploadfiles/files/503707895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurekaelearning.com/upload/news/file/57307224983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hamzsabegi60szallo.hu/UserFiles/File/18808947437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleshuzatabc.hu/files/file/75309438578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jgn7bb3j3tsa4ul370a2flch8e/tevalovoxux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinzimoniofiumicino.eu/userfiles/files/27673275761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb3775f00ad---gidozixusaganexurudurox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/10278155696102dc633305d.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stringquartet.biz/web/images/fck/file/daxewukemulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a437ddd955d---tegedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f43ba7c3d1f---barolez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fandimnarodaku.cz/upload/file/76760707214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57ggblvf928c63lcql084fb434/matoxirobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiwendq.com/userfiles/file/rujulewumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://towa-aaa.jp/userfiles/file/66149559734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/mikavudimodowugapija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=the+legend+of+zelda+the+minish+cap+rom+espa%C3%B1ol+gbaPDF 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_off0000b563.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB563 15748 bytes
SHA-256: aa398a293d3c700c5c3d4a5116a0ff603741ff73bd109570caad028f2f19baff
font_01_sfnt_off0000de12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE12 11436 bytes
SHA-256: ec1ba4940433d6d03ef1abaac24ef9f72c51526427aedd0730f3c0efe05d5d97
font_02_sfnt_off0000f842.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF842 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1