Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cc96f869a5c58026…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-07-02 08:52:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4e773596ef366a2b4b8925e64934eeb1 SHA-1: efcdb38a6a446181b3048608fccb295915b78a9d SHA-256: cc96f869a5c580268697d19c282d270194f4db9032ea57d1b1d1741a7f4244cc
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve as a link farm to obscure the true malicious destination or to host further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=severe+fissure+pain
    • https://big-cash.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uk4e31k4nj7jfcgfer5vm7hbue/92974205078.pdf
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a1ed91a766---42190869273.pdf
    • https://nhachoxebus.com/upload/fck/file/84863542239.pdf
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0b73da467e---23838639891.pdf
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c01ab5a0252---gimewoposapere.pdf
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2u7pfd329a654jc70415315omq/88612449289.pdf
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608449027726f---xamefukiwalilavibuxili.pdf
    • http://industrialdevices.in/uploads/luwajilimomutixufifajuro.pdf
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160784a4894ac6---nezafononi.pdf
    • http://mujuerp.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/20210601122533.pdf
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/25580171105.pdf
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2894bcb11813d35bc145a3b9413e9a30/15845682992.pdf
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p9h7npm3se4r68mdka832qrago/25214534492.pdf
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/om9p3l8tmpd37odvochoj5krj3/86074736737.pdf
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/82001411302.pdf
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2efa70d0d4e233a35cb5bb3c993e7e9b/vopar.pdf
    • http://carnow.jp/js/upload/files/xurefafefe.pdf
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mt3fs0h5l9e1aemocqa3b206c0/vumirofumunegazotonek.pdf
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160932f8780589---xowikagulemedepifed.pdf
    • http://nhs-carpediem.com/clients/46367/File/xuzofobatajowafafegem.pdf
    • http://bhttourist.com/upload/fckimagesfile/bepaxopibinoxigumaporowi.pdf
    • https://bawwabatrizq.com/userfiles/file/wenep.pdf
    • http://jucal.es/images/file/27838957643.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f08e.bin
6142ad235808c718d9854b4961d6bc26231c71af2eb94eda40d3dcb52739c419
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF08E 16948 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011c92.bin
ad887e2afab0fcd8bf78d7b44ed6915a11acd5daf573bc8995ccaeae1c2cd751
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C92 10328 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000133fb.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133FB 16792 bytes