Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cc3f08a608d874d6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-09-14 01:08:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: afadee9ea45c79ad54a4ede529677717 SHA-1: d9dac304db7caf13ed807711d6a781cc2848072e SHA-256: cc3f08a608d874d6d238f388fa85f02e70fcca051c549c4041188abea83a7ece
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript and link farm suggest an attempt to redirect the user to a malicious download or phishing page.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9762

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=download+san+andreas+mod PDF link annotation
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161397ab7546e8---41194368622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2bet.com/contents/files/32970347056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cc63d176d721e4997256afa02b6d36d/34452019370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pngroup.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wejamupap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://revize-elektro.info/UserFiles/File/kevadonaxofobuwilisasaber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karelo.com/uploads/File/2394538309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://piauiaqui.com/ckfinder/files/tudunogun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://showdetango.com/bafa/userfiles/file/zulaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--bankkrtya-41a.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/noxes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.diplomat2014.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64535728200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a6e3010d77---xaxexakabatatogifum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleanking.net/userData/board/file/mopanininudusedijotuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3cf2cd7d69811e53739bb77ce329c64/tukebilezefetujemafipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paymentor.nl/uploads/file/xetomuxufeginamojekiteki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lsphc.com/userfiles/file///webojamiwonijabavokav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbbo.handyfriendship.com/upload/files/47835533174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kitapkapla.com/upload/ckfinder/files/55186699591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debsecond.net/UserFiles/File/marasuwokibinopejavipix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thai-apsproducts.com/file_media/file_image/file/sojejirogafeladuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boxethai38.com/upload/file/3554755499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bevillelecomte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lexifizujupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savaksangida.com/resimler/files/rapixadizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://8cj2aja7-8mxb.com/contents/files/vuwodosadubimiredafata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thomas-zigon.de/images/file/33713503712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a0559b2707---rolum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oglethorpeclub.org/~oglethor/UserFiles/file/lujan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/pujarudesufalobefiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136025571963---43951936032.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b94d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB94D 17888 bytes
SHA-256: 92988febd3b460ee9d0236666e67f23b58137fc0646fed88fc95d5683d4a209e
font_01_sfnt_off0000e65a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE65A 10304 bytes
SHA-256: 9f2d84831bfa0bcc2bf8b24963de8c0c127742abb646ddc123eaf438d935cc3d
font_02_sfnt_off0000fd96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD96 16164 bytes
SHA-256: a0f26d9ec2bc0bbc84dfb8c1a224a49f7f70479ac92e21d726acd811d43f3bd1
font_03_sfnt_off0001133b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1133B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1