Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ccbf01b47d94e04e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 12:47:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: ff1a490260bb77dd4c860f57f9f2754b SHA-1: c64a4283f0622917dfe6a24988a40f6ec376c705 SHA-256: ccbf01b47d94e04ea8cd2ab02637678cee287a8a4ec992789445b075d49d36f8
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of multiple PDF_URI heuristics indicates a strong intent to redirect users to external content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9907

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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.
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=healthy+snack+ideas+for+adults+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607941c86d28d---49375104149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chefinhogourmet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccb2c5a814103173aa8afb8037513d0d/52424720050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siblom.ru/files/upload/file/tajikabewixodufixezosugog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aptatravel.com/clients/4/48/489dad2d2d8436d4c085fc0ccdc2d1b3/File/rexiviza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160823d387e8d8---42566973291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/10561587408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acryl-bg.com/userfiles/file/bizobojemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wccia-vastu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1be4452cb74d0fed748d9206fb881493/90934692873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knuhpharm.kr/userfiles/file/20210626040112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126a3f34b240---1515424933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b297dd5b06d---15429885644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160811e89e54f6---59803385385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca19bc78a7---vesunuxol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a7a74646d9---92305074231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081b99e5f647---13691290147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d2804db072---wujezezasugewekafuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b709bd18ce8706d08ee714c2fd0834a/6339322744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160775c7114e79---67897032376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0e58433710e22110d45f497ce3bd137/12321798998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9c562832e7---75814084570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mueblesdepladur.es/1/userfiles/file/kojozulabuvuxis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160718d72a820b---tumuvapijivoxadif.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://bioscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/fijabibenaperex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160869a9c1dda8---tokifuxofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yildizwebpaket.com/calisma2/files/uploads/najoboguzesavitoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iehyun.com/editorupload/file/33382198068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a928388537e---mijewajadekemijuvetuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000bff7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBFF7 11016 bytes
SHA-256: 97739bb3913c9a12a96a54646a5fbd0aab4e58134b38041fa2c3d87a936bfeca
font_01_sfnt_off0000d97c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD97C 15992 bytes
SHA-256: a73155aa57730c715a1dbbacd448217285b280ff97228ec28b97c111fa7a0dfd
font_02_sfnt_off00010225.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10225 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1