Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ccffbc7ac509c620…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-09-16 19:24:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 022f5bccf8b1be2d16525ef4d6f863a7 SHA-1: a0cfeff975cebdf03d8493bc36eb0a1c1ab70056 SHA-256: ccffbc7ac509c62042e357ff10dde8b7857dd7186951d98251e58205c28bb8a2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://bunian-co.com/other_files/File/13366644926.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02f7a5dac2bd2dd31cfa65161059a3a2/nebub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabriziocar.it/userfiles/files/12261970507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delve-cr.com/uploads/15299614914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrs724.ir/basefile/drtiketcom/files/47146469315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontis.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/72769617159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://df-2.de/images/daten/file/76979076953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fa-vietnam.com/webroot/img/files/96306999953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613828ffbf3a6---mumigudexexisurapirosus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pivotal-technologies.com/userfiles/file/46546226181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaykpn.com/uploads/editor/files/gewoduledajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55e8ce1dbec81d7664ecb21fdb12537d/22169485033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stsmcc.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vijowidoxumumujonuwuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4bcc5a11cf0f2641a36d68b1285a75b/39427954405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161302245c179b---71524361204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161429feac62e6---27678425204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161339a73723d0---vulujiluwubas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shoppe.everybodyisnotdoingit.org/gift/userfiles/files/numali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nirmalapublicschoolerumely.com/userfiles/file/sumebanuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reylab.com/userfiles/file/12173521010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otterdisplay.com/userfiles/file/23374915246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meetburgerusa.com/uploads/files/pajifodakavovaxeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plncse.hu/php_data/file/weguxawezodategifuzelur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=radio+app+android+ukPDF 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_off0000ef99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF99 17624 bytes
SHA-256: b0b6d04d971a4d42a89025f50dd7d293f1dda073c486722cda54a62ea03cd458
font_01_sfnt_off00011cfa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CFA 10180 bytes
SHA-256: 9e30fce338cbf37cc45c8a6547ccb6a675e5458036c4069fef881ddbaa6253ab
font_02_sfnt_off000133d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133D0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1