Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cce94b3b6dca533e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 07:52:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f8ccf530e22ff10cca634bd4cefbeb79 SHA-1: fd45fb2cde0bb5ceeb4273a6893ebdd47a353494 SHA-256: cce94b3b6dca533e95e31fd9502871b63689770e702ee98906e00844ea8dffc3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. The PDF also hosts a link farm pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to distribute further payloads or conduct phishing. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9939

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d71a81942e3f0f875586aed961946228/42140686187.pdf
    • https://condominiobrisasdelnorte.com/userfiles/file/wibekolog.pdf
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/37892599710.pdf
    • http://wingprocess.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/39698542121.pdf
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079765e28a70---donokufokodujozeburev.pdf
    • http://archi1919.com/smlclub-files/file/pulewijasugowowuzazag.pdf
    • http://highlandhighclassof1962.com/clients/c/c3/c330a44b04b080977bf299ea430a317d/File/lupureratesuxe.pdf
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d7a1b904446469e7a9ac4925717faee/34681672578.pdf
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eb9c6cec47---memorurowogozef.pdf
    • https://bohemiamaestro.com/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89131974937.pdf
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4mkruv7vjpgosbp5a6vl4i21fm/26039971669.pdf
    • http://fedime.org/imagenes/birew.pdf
    • http://www.macrolepidoptera.hu/userfiles/files/nofod.pdf
    • http://plusk-car.com/js/upload/files/41799818045.pdf
    • https://dakhoathienhoa.net/images/files/pinojumawunuferigexutin.pdf
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16121b961c52e9---mikopazivawagudidopibodat.pdf
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12181cac509c88d33a74d278eed48b13/pobose.pdf
    • http://rialta.ie/userfiles/files/fevexeba.pdf
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e558116be83---68363271016.pdf
    • http://3bbb.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/gavagajagobarilap.pdf
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9164b3155c9a8c55c0d20563d7e31e4d/98637346300.pdf
    • https://www.moxiclear.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wudupodi.pdf
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62d716fb7d70eee162989a980a830dd6/suzowito.pdf
    • http://asdgolfclubtoscana.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/77511470984.pdf
    • http://laweasy.kr/userfiles/file/powazixosagemol.pdf
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aeda432dbc4c389a21b83d3ef6c7fbd1/sodagobanasu.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=read+ulysses+online+free+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000bffa.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBFFA 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d811.bin
bf13be92adb77dd9089de851cfad8a131e636723db5c1ad33b59418d7a687781
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD811 10652 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f089.bin
2a8122e75726742750f6c46a78155a3aedd5435def13c6e6b603195f5fecd734
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF089 17324 bytes