Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cce047ac318dc6cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.4 KB Created: 2021-08-25 02:07:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: bb0cf445b41efd99ac1f43cf50855544 SHA-1: 42d6b407d4bac41ce58839fbb660e777328067c3 SHA-256: cce047ac318dc6cba7c3144555c664889392f543e99bcc3d9e13fb7c33121f91
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely intended to host and distribute further malicious content. The PDF structure and embedded links suggest an attempt to trick users into downloading a secondary payload, possibly exploiting a vulnerability or leading to a phishing page.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9861

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
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://muslimofwestbengal.com/mwb/editor_upload/files/75927046771.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fbeeef6e6e1---nudenirifiputugelem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160894df78a8fb---57667968356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rcp-ranstadt.us/files/terusawoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tweddlefoto.com/files_contenidos/upload/files/moxededimozepuvapiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zniczekowalczyk.com/user_images/file/41238994916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb8af29045---powubixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coming-c.com/userfiles/file/dijixosinewoxozipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nikacarpet.com/My_Project/Hamishe_bahar/ahar_img/files/31914476686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a315263be11---fizopelurimumaxujelig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northcity.rs/slike/files/serabigod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellina.pl/userfiles/file/189508341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://filatelianumismaticaumbra.it/userfiles/file/82714220813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zemiigori.com/uploads/file/saragovogotol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ovubandg4d9vaa9gl6797t1fl/9941623639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psychologyforeverybody.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gexewebonunezitasixowaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rokakisreunion.com/clients/a/a8/a85ca1e4cfc2bb88d767af442173b437/File/5982814596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaisomboonautopart.com/userfiles/files/92011755123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathugo.de/res/wysiwyg/file/87577452418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071435ea013d---82021357781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8uh1c2f0ra97tlvgov42sdnoho/xegalutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavalnerina.it/userfiles/file/86496793026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holzbau-napetschnig.at/32727372251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j5db8f3atl62mba4j69710krm2/wozutexutulupalugipewiloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swhwsolution.it/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/vobutevevakukanat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nie6a533flknir8rdic642h807/wetukofabunupejem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=rolling+stock+exemption+michiganPDF 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_off00013580.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13580 10960 bytes
SHA-256: 835823b75e4fae05cfcd5e23be939f275564df9d84d7596da05b7df8a6065696
font_01_sfnt_off00014ec7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14EC7 16688 bytes
SHA-256: aa9aa6b9f83376232d7ba36bbd8f2f02e5825b682cf3955e7c02ca07ae42b973
font_02_sfnt_off00017a6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17A6D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1