Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ccde6738f072afca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.9 KB Created: 2021-09-21 21:30:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 400dad9253a6e3b6409c261f8adcece9 SHA-1: 9c229b4bfbb621e02e536b4220e913cd0d834ae1 SHA-256: ccde6738f072afcab8f401bc176f1aa147197c51088cb547b4e856989177ead8
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links, many pointing to compromised upload directories on websites. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic and ClamAV detection strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download or execution of a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=now+tv+apk+cracked PDF link annotation
    • https://sukaunited4d.vip/contents/files/92651431875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dichvuhappyhouse.com/upload/files/27773735908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12shio1.com/contents/files/famoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portaldo.eu/contenuti/upload/file/89820254874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://it-remarketing.pl/app/webroot/media/files/10832463371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soft-pro.hr/upload/datoteke/rumumaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146624c72fdb---88495711982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldazegliotorino.com/userfiles/files/50902250425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pusancard.com/userData/board/file/13117431835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161341b72e1be7---fonumanaxusomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salamatekhanevadeh.ir/ckeditor/files/files/kurosagateziwijijejavob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-program.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rekowudobopuwawudekufuvor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xigumuwigosexuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://royal-art.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/29688609907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161309dcd385d4---65894431639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asvpp.fr/pdf/75232685110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuwaited.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/datofusem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quiltingacademy.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/81129067186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quangcaosmsgiare.com/media/ftp/file/gafetekixokerusuleruge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef7105e78a052406e25695343e7dfefb/zudumupamumepimufasali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hobbes-group.com/upload/files/28141499771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161345bde9afcf---rusetijigamosur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bibikid.ru/upload/21745739097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jeanmarcrobion.fr/userfiles/file/35382348061.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_off0000b6f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB6F2 10320 bytes
SHA-256: 719bb6585155d22905d1fc9a0236ae86f159782f307aabf17d094b2c26240bd6
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE75 16932 bytes
SHA-256: d8e6d11affec3d1a6e4a578a918971befcae9b15e45b7d32943f9073046b2d8f
font_02_sfnt_off0000fa16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA16 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1