Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ccfcc55eba71bf3a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 07:26:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 1650124a21cb4f9f5f9a139ee64aabbe SHA-1: d943f1ad58afa21ebccb5258eae510ca7587b755 SHA-256: ccfcc55eba71bf3a1835d4f75268b4fde7b07a90cab98e735c98f007524d71b9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm for SEO manipulation or to host malicious content. The primary attack pattern appears to be the distribution of numerous links, likely to facilitate phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=amide+nomenclature+worksheet PDF link annotation
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc6428c97d1---dozero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arch.ua/ckfinder/userfiles/files/misobuwisibivasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecowaytechnologies.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pifatetut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a11535933b7---bijiwumabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anukulagrotech.com/ci/userfiles/files/dazeteda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ae60bfa0f93f8e9ca093989ed53566e/zaxiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patc.fr/imagesfile/83311847574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160996e780e3d2---zuxesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.apsetedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160807d54a384a---xatuwexevivojesujifeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e01ce6aec59---danetoxewelatutarez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bf463a1dc8---70088579681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kagon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fd-health.com/upload/ckeditor/files/bofujuzepizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konditsionery-reutov.ru/upload_picture/file/25072860094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077fd8d2bc28---66507796459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jyjwqj.com/uploadfile/file///2021060302583863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609103cf04aa2---48028093402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c3d48afb2e38dda7faf4ece393c5e89/10923567224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalbando.com/DATA/upload/files/202108300543526148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuderia512.com/js/upload/files/66812511361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polskienarty.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/19920302077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df3af422dd1---11037601789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makiriaszto.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20647495464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asude.istanbul/ck_images/files/97129342236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nmways.com/uploads/fckupload/file/75313662286.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_off0000f03b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF03B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001084d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1084D 18804 bytes
SHA-256: b713b1f6ad2a0567e2b20360dd6ce8a8b6c76ce9cf24bc734ff37225c6856db7
font_02_sfnt_off0001399d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1399D 10892 bytes
SHA-256: a8b63528e9bc34c2d48e32e3ce0562f6e15b97632ec9a3233f1ee0d0557410d1