Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cca5173670e1e1dc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.6 KB Created: 2021-08-17 10:21:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 765a6987b43125dd13ff51eafdd114af SHA-1: 56d87492ad81acf3158c74e8f13f5d2c9492a37a SHA-256: cca5173670e1e1dc7f6693f9427468eab22b28b95201089a0cecaae02fe45405
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a high number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to host or distribute malicious content. The presence of a visual download button further supports a phishing or malware distribution lure. ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan confirms the malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://tort-art.ru/userfiles/file/69897092051.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://purevdavaa.mn/uploads/ckfinder/files/luzibozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad8c0962f8d---85876023235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrjok.com/uploadfile/file/guvisowilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilexgold.com/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/nifigato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quatang3t.com/upload/files/70826560012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broorybulldogs.com/clients/33993/File/vejakinalinunuzen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc2daaa4f88---23347124074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/153f497d21bc15f7581951bf3f7b57a7/tadazifopidabisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longbienco.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pedapokatadosuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaziogluenerji.com/images_upload/files/71859318851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68d0da813c3cd850379b4978c4425515/rinedow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f58a2ad6ce7dc2f43c898a687b4d532/31246359026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosite.ru/images/news/file/naziwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maplewoodmachine.com/clients/1/17/17f0ea2532424b9b8bf99baf53cd3763/File/wivubuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithandfriendsfamilyreunion.com/clients/d/d0/d05d9bb0b75700e7199fc64e52c62161/File/5642364734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seikai.jp/free_images/files/49947650257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aceitedeoliva.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ac7073518787c65b6d4e3fa179b705b/59109367159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16108b2606f3d5---45627657064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gites-les-bardots.com/userfiles/file/vozisexavaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=download+easybcd+full+crack+sinhvienitPDF 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_off0000f6ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6EF 11172 bytes
SHA-256: 1a790fc18101fe943d13c8963b00f5f4d707977609948eb0605b2bb4a41d13ee
font_01_sfnt_off00011116.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11116 23396 bytes
SHA-256: cbf030dd376dea44884382ae2b971576e4983a66ed3674591023d6e83ee8c35b
font_02_sfnt_off00014bd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14BD2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1