Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cc4b346915b44b8b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-07-07 02:59:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 5ad7ccfd78015aea45c68c3112ece355 SHA-1: b265a5cf9f6dbeb47839421b75f25212255e481d SHA-256: cc4b346915b44b8b263d196f561ba0f5d45faa16ad02b8299d13c6d76ca94748
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, with several heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm, including links to compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates redirection to potentially malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://szakkepzosiklos.hu/upload/file/robudexeravude.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pawsandtiaras.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32993506121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniroll.pl/user_images/file/56142904970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22c9bc03dbccc7c3d67d3fe1732c573d/redotarugoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivatbacchus.hu/files/file/80350612423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a1aac10ec7---xesiwufedeniwonumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0vjglvskejokbl6eeg6qg1u8lh/45557725405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f420tepfkvfdcf5cjbb9o5699q/35300728172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9f4cbe3d88---21983044630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dhf-china.com/d/files/3640703885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c87285e7d99---27574585628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shqinze.net/admin/upimg/file///xawigilizupojofesafasod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srp-galabau-rostock.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8u3vi1s9lokonjhkau137f5lbv/pufuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7c9c3qgr7b03e4rfnfueagcl0/20531905273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zemiigori.com/uploads/file/18766482040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j5mf98tekhcm72g5dgdu8jlpgk/60074641004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d6993543c4---97631595994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pioneerlift.com/upfiles/editor/files/mufolanewaxapewobaginog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0286869143.com/editor_images/files/fejuwiwoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b89fb31685991f3b8757b3096f9fa0b/17224303089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leo-translate.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f7ff47575e---10056941000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esprimagroup.com/userfiles/file/jotilosojerolenirimuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kcde.kr/userfiles/file/xenowejakimiluxezotuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afmiletisim.com/resimler/files/38870618527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pressvaluation.net/userfiles/file/bukafekaxumawijakumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+difference+between+white+and+pink+noisePDF 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_off0000f865.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF865 10980 bytes
SHA-256: 52f6c6fed56c9c8f339192d31a2ade63eaccfaee8ce409bbbce2cbcda6d02359
font_01_sfnt_off000111ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111AD 16832 bytes
SHA-256: 3b43f23816b87236d9b5da31c7c9e44c6f13466ad2d27dbe59f675f8119daf35
font_02_sfnt_off00013d58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D58 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1