Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ccad04dbc388fa0b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.5 KB Created: 2021-09-16 22:15:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 5624a7746d51774f53bf55b58fda1ffc SHA-1: ef27e5389e872a9e7d670b905e9e700b7dcdf970 SHA-256: ccad04dbc388fa0bb0e914a48d1c45829220fde2e9609204cb8aa49bb0742ebd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users. It also includes numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://www.kindspring.org/inc/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75690966987.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://namngonviet.com/user-/files/63890297924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langmoon.jp/js/upload/files/75987073589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cjmfgxfollow.morefriendship.com/upload/files/5332368654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geodavidepini.it/userfiles/files/nunifumeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://surupaceanu.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/budenijafotaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosritual.su/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fisavixifepozitik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rmgoals.com/userfiles/files/novuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balassalaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/72982221285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livres-arts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2526109551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-daomeng.com/upload/userfiles/files/5a0a53ae82f223a996504e2765f83ee9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.syah.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b64470cca42e348a8825e7f45bf07a45/wuzarivolimojarefaniwem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kemxoithanhhang.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/68126730998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aiwatopup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/susemagelenadagoluluveka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primaria-ciocirlia.ro/media/file/gusogimusemulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abcoegypt.com/userfiles/files/23030339351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herborgthailand.com/file_media/file_image/file/dajuzugigutawamujutoxes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://butagallery.com/userfiles/files/21757288457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e63c3a83f0---87125353226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportservistocik.cz/UserFiles/File/94642411365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarm.pl/userfiles/file/gipijakuwijuwonowilefad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinproval.it/userfiles/files/tanujeguzuxonuvukitawofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161413ca78d0fe---49604502147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=best+my+radio+apkPDF 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_off0000aeb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAEB8 14996 bytes
SHA-256: c8aba1098d2bc4a109873064ff5c3a423e4c911823c0b2dabf709144af6d2d45
font_01_sfnt_off0000d495.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD495 10660 bytes
SHA-256: 633f1407459c7b7393a6f154c2f6138cd8b5282581f93cbdb97347a896b531b4
font_02_sfnt_off0000ed1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED1B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1