Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ccfb7e9694ba0715…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 03:24:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 001bf891f288d164ec9603f3733fe7e5 SHA-1: 16d6aad948e31eed0eb50fecccf1bec2a132bf75 SHA-256: ccfb7e9694ba07155a38354d051e2c3735f5931df393fd4406cfcb7f98aae1c4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of external URIs and the nature of the detected heuristics point towards an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://kp-bs.ru/upload/files/58043634836.pdf
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dm76g0nb8d0lma25hv02io6ip4/xowudokapuzufop.pdf
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e3892d2598---52046748332.pdf
    • http://lussoleathertiles.com/test4/EDITOR/example/v2/userfiles/file/24367777134.pdf
    • http://paynechapelduquesne.org/clients/9/9b/9b910c66cef3ae2d1bb1fd5804160a19/File/21337418596.pdf
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89c68162ff7fc0a2684ea7f9df4c24e9/motadobegajaw.pdf
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b716800f87---71489083733.pdf
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607609b8546e0---tekadogulugezula.pdf
    • http://reszke.pl/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/file/27152498413.pdf
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44e37c1fd4fc0f62fd0aafdec957ed77/58245156209.pdf
    • https://vico-domrep.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fibiponimakezijaliwari.pdf
    • http://inruho.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xejadefuba.pdf
    • http://www.donboscovizag.org/images/files/65013738583.pdf
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca95de910ae---91872964390.pdf
    • https://postelezmasivu-zlin.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52902496043.pdf
    • https://renetravel.ro/images/files/zevomixijukovuma.pdf
    • http://numismatika-nbkpdy.cz/userfiles/file/velogonitiwipu.pdf
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160850af46df2d---semuzojipetogi.pdf
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160842fcdc6e8d---33056950436.pdf
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d004a284e9c69836f7dd7b029dff37e/64486923368.pdf
    • https://marlin-aquarium.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41920092353.pdf
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7o85u6a2grgt15b9ltucbmt6e3/moniwetapizazi.pdf
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083dc22d74bc---xilivonupekanibuwobem.pdf
    • http://www.motorradfreunde-toggenburg.ch/up/files/jivuditika.pdf
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079453364882---48169978441.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=peer+e+kamil+novel+pdf+in+english
    • 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_off0000e48f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE48F 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fca6.bin
5e5879336b0f43c2b6538d495984401032c3edd65ba1795fd9c97c2ff79c3136
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCA6 11004 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000115c8.bin
34d5fd740323f8569c27c514fea1ef6d2597b2ac90be5b1ae9c5884abf5dd979
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115C8 20448 bytes