Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cce17be7cb383ef5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 22:55:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 2031ab2144b40ef8d8070fe1f5ecd00c SHA-1: 3485993ca0e0e81072906e9dd4cbd640127bb85c SHA-256: cce17be7cb383ef5424b7968b941f664ca29ce35750b12d1a8eb78c6932a8a98
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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 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 https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c91o96jr1odfpi4f981d4gvavh/xumerufigisoganedofok.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/24480213625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokyosushilohaus.com/uploads/files/zavimifororebega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8sqvji4cphnunai60q28psrtm/65604309538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f5613b7272---24446929475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namdolove.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210616_305451ADEC9A29AC.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://houstoncoinshow.org/FCKeditor/file/32455423035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przychodnia-felinskiego.pl/uploads/editor/file/44028337375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52f4d5212ad8918aabed7f5aea6eb0fd/22211436438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96c093bc69321da241531c4bf11da0a3/roxumelovowazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f169967b9f---78008633666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085993cdf478---tabodutej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t2sc.me/userfiles/zetumorazegakevaduwupune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k9a5fe73hq08ijaendnril45eg/gapijowixakotofexix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shriramashramssschool.org/userfiles/file/napov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladue69.com/clients/876446/File/somagiditufubimedezifut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611b0bf6d593f---45945821781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azseal.net/uploads/userfiles/file/62564236637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imahima.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kekodalurubovafofirebid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.leasing.net.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dinumokenenikunoxoden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amblamy.ee/upload/file/7232177322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wilkinsconnection.com/clients/9/94/94ba1e7d864c5c8af3bb481f5f9f31de/File/wekelipidalewesadubap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasargod.net/uploads/file/54701489185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tasarimak.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92917769629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=maksud+pertumbuhan+ekonomi+pdfPDF 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_off0000d6c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6C2 11040 bytes
SHA-256: b14802a2776ea06d00c5ea008924418a66926151ab76f88b83be79cbeb79b165
font_01_sfnt_off0000f005.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF005 15984 bytes
SHA-256: f974b0ff9934bdcd930385face7bd75b441024ab461930f8c72dc911fcf71109
font_02_sfnt_off0001191b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1191B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1