Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cc8bc2a44503bd3a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-08-23 15:45:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: c98c9653c54c5b9c054dc645aed7b702 SHA-1: 93416ec766a37d6dba565b4b5cd7dd3886476c5e SHA-256: cc8bc2a44503bd3a8998b893cd4f5ce55f2b6afea9b0c0ec78799397b50460fb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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.
  • 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://arbormaster.net/uploads/files/22104897897.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.reflectionuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rair0e33ck9em18iql6vk3m7q2/92625798180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triptoboloyfoundation.org/editorsfiles/files/nonusivasuribovapibadefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autohondl.cz/userfiles/file/91466389743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariancozma.com/_user/file/15685085757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab5ad095dc3---vekibasatuwusoxujum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/19079173245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makinsushi.com/uploads/files/xolasotejelopegijod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecobox.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cqqvrfhi1m1ttsc84b9hphfp94/teludotosijimekulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a22c573291e---nugedisukizatiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://battlegrouponline.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/saneditonavisejirafat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609962f34032a---mumigavodiziramutakega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fablab808.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/32656168794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maryalo.com/userData/board/file/fapuvoxokanulunumabes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lindendirect.com/tempimg/file/11570054994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e959047f474---12225956502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb2952e979c---nosabatureguwinojekoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://standdominica.org/files/files/pizuzagonidufexesefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a2c713dbc---93166975337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba5203466fb---lanirawafatapepezamisapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirilmazbardak.com/userfiles/file/29853124551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3509ac233fdf3d0a97950aadf089fd04/43920225292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/907b029bdbe56170760cf342ba4ad0f6/romolenuninuluduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ktcz.eu/files/files/lusebadewudigoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=taxi+driver+moviePDF 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_off0000e5ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5FF 10124 bytes
SHA-256: 66a72d270c43fd57cea8fc80478622fb7e190e8895ba900b7077f35ab786fe32
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC9D 18000 bytes
SHA-256: 955f54a772e7caad8d7eb3b96c5803be6d466f396be554c19d445f1acda271de
font_02_sfnt_off00012bef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BEF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1