Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ccc9f9669b2e6e9c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-07-03 22:54:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: c616731c67c9d5dd36df58ccf637f147 SHA-1: 412c7beb565ece29533184ac66cd8e86956a4a16 SHA-256: ccc9f9669b2e6e9c53a13a86a1d9f58484100cbff7e998fca2ed5959b57969a3
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a raw IP address in one of the URIs further increases suspicion.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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
  • 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.
  • 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 http://baohanhranghm.com/upload/img/files/58412323258.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160711c416d75b---sefasosovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160863dd908482---lerafawirokosabizaziwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c853b6bb031---rivawituk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec6d0db0f76d026803fe16ab27347f6f/zekig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d899eb11ea7---mevuwibesogeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhodnoceni-penez.cz/is/images/FCKeditor/File/nuzimaxunodifokarowinos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boyanbolyarski.com/userfiles/file/82517911317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0b7e40d761953555e7d8bdfa99c32ce/15118181261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a113780b88---budivukemibusuzar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9c4cce77e2---ronigomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://c-effeimmobiliare.it/file/lakibewitazaroti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rama-sp.com/rama/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rolexebulawumonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rh-h1tapi-turbo.com/contents//files/84582535976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db1570216bd---34971808452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087279ccd467---83873474377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a84784a91e5---99588705005.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f18aee0f61320abd0fa28a44b2288423/78593484637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asslar.de/downloads/tipikozowozarabutoget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochi-vitrazhi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72394854946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607505dcb7233---wafinozizonuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7thqg05g5c32ubdg8f9t7cqv3p/wusedewaxerusoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=i+am+number+four+read+onlinePDF 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_off0000e94c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE94C 10440 bytes
SHA-256: 4ae5754290bab4f1e2b5c0d2f0b2001399e32bb4d699315960f17e9ace5f0b90
font_01_sfnt_off000100cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100CD 17152 bytes
SHA-256: 668b1172e9f10b7f33c229be7fc156602bffe2959222376fbc2e719ac332a8fd
font_02_sfnt_off00012da2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DA2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1