Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cecdfc4825fefd04…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.4 KB Created: 2021-08-24 07:53:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 4022b88a4593474a40ce9c574a52fa6f SHA-1: 1b875e7ba2bccbdbadc88a348dca98b3150ba3b0 SHA-256: cecdfc4825fefd04010b4cf57caf6720ae1ded3f243b426a814c5693cc7a60d8
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses an urgency-based lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ff13419e701---33805510089.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.zochrot.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vikotagabapovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photonart.nl/phpcmsys/file/paroxivabanezag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aygroupmuh.com/image/files/82875846916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7p6nqevo64kttcr0bvldv860c5/91055240663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evrenmentese.com/upload/ckfinder/files/paditaremivelalalukameve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/211d781ceee50520af60a319adf04c2b/89908035369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grappin-annat-como.com/userfiles/grappin-annat-como.com/file/26651874383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngonluathan.com/images/ckeditor/files/73483407708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090292513c42---31740126606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palami.by/images/file/81212122412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mintedimages.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jamamuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riskhedgetech.com/uploaded/file/140619652661148d73e9c3d.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bea0277260cf10318fc59d2dd7416ac/mobibilofinesimikiwamutob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bf971ecafc473b62e27eeea3b62521c/bowuzezabobojagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corumosmanlimakina.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60782873573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newfieldclassof1982.com/clients/6/69/69e49ffade321d977af769e13f9f004b/File/rijuwijej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emblem4home.com/UserFiles/Member/File/27178343883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aivieksteslaivas.lv/userfiles/file/48354008265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4328b3d3b096febe41ff2d1ed78a525/13922917283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavalnerina.it/userfiles/file/40497480470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607103ffe59e3---34321788106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhsclassof1971.com/clients/74120/File/nebineziwipuloga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=1+answer+the+questions+using+your+own+informationPDF 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_off0000d313.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD313 11016 bytes
SHA-256: 21c3356009854f03523aefbd96dd2914801b2ce7021b521fccc094211a9c3cc1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC4E 16704 bytes
SHA-256: 4cb61c64608b629a44fec63be380e12cef675f2def6463bc0708049310cc24b9
font_02_sfnt_off000117c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117C3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1