Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ccc70616cce4d864…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.4 KB Created: 2021-09-15 09:08:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: d0d7f8ec095482955dab0ca51d2c3699 SHA-1: 0583e52c05a1d81f23c3cbc4923c1b5d782a1bf3 SHA-256: ccc70616cce4d86448040f6d9471d0ad9f287de64478aa77cd6ad59c6384d5bf
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its image-heavy nature and a click-outward action, typical of phishing campaigns. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a distribution mechanism for malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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 http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613850f73d4a3---50284986012.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kaptenhoki.com/contents/files/81985895107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4reality.cz/userfiles/files/rokivavuzidumoxivoseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaimano.it/file/wagafakawumofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ea84b7052aab5196b5a546dd6d353c5/ledajijilurunumebani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edc7664efd1b422caa0bcb759b61069e/bokugatosonabavazalup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://derkwoo.com/upload/editor/files/37722436966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaffebba2apgigwiiececnggk9e4k.xn--p1ai/pict/file/32353309787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a3a7c8b4d64fd93efc77f24d7a6d932/nemodowawuwewutijenodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhilegia.com/upload/files/29283238746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614155cfe4ffe---miwobigoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miyagi.chi-kara.net/Upload/files/43481304055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestcoloringpages.com/userfiles/file/27744692845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thayloilocnuoctaihanoi.net/upload/files/30865942676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614178b4481c4---fujogag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faresaldabbous.com/uploads/file/97647278761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://folientastaturen.pl/_data/file/digebivadikulimida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skybuildinfraprojects.com/uploads/14333100460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2-view.org/home/view/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14599272371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdjuchuan.com/upload/files/26723167091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goraku-sangyo.com/userfiles/file/80454558083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ad984c92006daccbe3661d89f2965ca/4773219643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://music-summer-courses.eu/upload/files/jiduwepapakewiratax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161413a820376c---77747347994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=league+of+legends+apk+modPDF 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_off0000b149.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB149 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c95b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC95B 14136 bytes
SHA-256: 87c0c22cb9893ae3125d4b16f18f0b5d61699cb8611ff9bae32e1160de57f4a8
font_02_sfnt_off0000ec2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC2F 10700 bytes
SHA-256: 389843cb050adf31c0eafa5c9e230866afec4bd0bf1bc5e2b6afef3021d09c64