Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ccb689640ac8d337…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-13 20:01:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: dc19255093ac41826c72d18e43d1bec6 SHA-1: 8f019405fe841feaf13d3e604b94b252866f723c SHA-256: ccb689640ac8d33722b816333b1edb07bfe9ae218cc99b02eea62cd9484aa9ee
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://0286869143.com/editor_images/files/76710115232.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/babf959599a9748aaa7eeda81ba995d1/fowujisodejitexaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiemtoandongnghi.com/public/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fuzonugiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85a514a9776830faa828098788f8c914/tozaraleguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161323a2d1788b---99902855591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soles2walk.com/data/file/weganurovetopujekokuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisnordmedical.fr/docs/file/lezitimoxuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dorp.pl/userfiles/files/zinerefod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joyearland.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3730275880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pibmg.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/files/45164971577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0286869143.com/editor_images/files/gedegivokakazipolenava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f154e304dc---14817973650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68c50871a8aaa48cf99aee39fcb427d9/rogozokibakizijolinan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orsini-blasioli.it/userfiles/files/mebumaxejizanofipiwiwukip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/vodaxegubonuzako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jysunshine-hotel.com/up_files/file/toxuveburixasuponurodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rapn.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67077791909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slovoveri.org/userfiles/69864584487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-aqua.fr/ressource/site-image/files/fafagefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b638120a9386ef9bd0e847213e7846b6/firemegumaraxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136cba6ba688---zoxafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoprofi.ua/userfiles/file/60550457694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoanggiaphatstone.com/upload/files/45890043902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uetty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gubofavasijafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=locker+codes+for+nba+2k20PDF 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_off0000d8df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8DF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0F6 10664 bytes
SHA-256: 41ed7e25dd399c16e8801b1ea520cfc51772f714fcf61cd7d19389335742d170
font_02_sfnt_off00010988.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10988 17832 bytes
SHA-256: c242f7c2eea973dd70feaaf0e3261c237e031e114af21bded3d0b39404e08fa9