Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cfc99bb487c9a5f7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.2 KB Created: 2021-09-18 09:11:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 898ee1f974ed2bb7fd6e4df4ac5a281a SHA-1: c30d4c46999ebd3951c3bf06eff1ddf47c25c438 SHA-256: cfc99bb487c9a5f7b1b3e38eb40c80de3ad62836f5358b616227faffa0e9db1f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The numerous external URLs, including those hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggest a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further confirm its malicious nature, likely serving as a lure to download further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=prince+of+persia+download+for+pc+windows+10 PDF link annotation
    • https://energooptima.hu/upload/File/85016215241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qianxi.cn/filespath/files/20210912232130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://volpatoebrum.com.br/_common/admin/scripts/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60749114874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wm-meyer.de/meyer/admin/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25242035038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/zexon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yomadesign.com/userfiles/Proj_Name/files/59515948479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614014c601e33---94797578255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tweedehandswikkelaar.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/87896259868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alarouba.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xemisoveworegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/phkahmbm91aiq8ncc7cnvop2u4/36540010203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbmeti.it/userfiles/files/18547888873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jafra-com.at/userfiles/file/kefiremimimizeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1amishc2fb.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45501505474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-himki.ru/upload_picture/file/tizotorinaviduzowotiguduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adas-muko.pl/photo/file/ninorowew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wmc21.com/ckupload/files/puvezetakegusununewufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jackinthegymtpe.com/uploads/files/202109102038219046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nationshield.ae/userfiles/files/88561868157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilniausgreziniai.lt/userfiles/file/sesenirefinexop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelknowhowscotland.co.uk/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38587447192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161393318cbce2---tofiwusufemifivivet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pecsimutargygaleria.hu/files/file/sowogigexopimikuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ee7ae441d4---bipovusurifiteb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614222f0cadbf---96250032901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weyergans-hcc.lv/userfiles/file/2520919533.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_off0000b224.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB224 10776 bytes
SHA-256: 721398c6ac7497ba33b20e6a08c74e8962d70b002e61ab9f2b3ea27ab6ba0fdc
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB1F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e331.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE331 14376 bytes
SHA-256: b8ec194cf026eb3ff9be3d9e13478ba419921770fec04be9783e8d7d5c5e803b