Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ccee5d8a62332326…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 00:48:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: f60b1ab22c84313d26f2070f5bdaf02e SHA-1: 52205c85b85b50bc094d6c9e9d3d6a7ccb16170c SHA-256: ccee5d8a623323263c46425ba7321b2966393071fa2677d4984f6851a35eb972
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 or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a tactic to distribute content via link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware download sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=theories+of+stomatal+movement+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://brlairport.com/images/file/sufubujegejijeguvuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3f147fbd4---pofifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvugiayphep.biz/upload/ck/files/vupepokisufasud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abaj.cz/UserFiles/File/pemuvemiril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7jcfo0j3vn3hu02rk4d5ven0k/93865051491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bdsps.org/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/zujekuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manilag.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210712_8CB3CA52FD981997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vibanghanoi.com/uploads/files/14911827066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bem-sa.com/img/file/86018489230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kymkarajok.net/tiedostot/files/42916185118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videlec.be/ressource/file/36981159618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotarenta.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210808_D095517121049CED.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livre-d-art.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3335215876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elpmarketing.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/feb9120b7adf00d7e873903f74605429/37181659694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feynburg-uhren.de/uploads/36259616459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alrafeef.com/faisaliya/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jipatanozibipame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hoo60fpe8nuj1t3rm994ilnbe3/divowemoluxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e01vob5364c2ifdv7b74b09oj7/wugabalemobeduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizugy.hu/uploads/files/files/78962605647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://improntediteatro.it/userfiles/files/43000940831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608508d1809fb---titanekamedopenoxif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solucionaesp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dipedenoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibliothequedesarts.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fevuluvagusafasufanikob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sva-jeanroze.com/xmedia/file/novukakaduvidobapuvafaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloverpark1960.com/clients/1/17/17c242f0968dc4bce059666b43fbd075/File/takipoxol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mnarch.it/userfiles/files/soguputujevebisijeto.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_off0000e9d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9D2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000101e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101E4 20268 bytes
SHA-256: d0c14e671c34e20443b9a84d2d46c69d3d85d9044883866c29d7e2b0cda6b082
font_02_sfnt_off000134b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134B5 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 38909427c624caf459b44fb65bd4da4c3c3fd932c72005a3b91308d6b9599d82