Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5cc4225dacb8d70…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.3 KB Created: 2021-06-28 04:47:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 2947a91cc5a9e53d26f881f676af14df SHA-1: e0ed2ec5735461865389b30c199dbdca65afc635 SHA-256: d5cc4225dacb8d7007b4b270ea1ca95b55ed53d6a6d0da54a9e6d1dfc5b17c81
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the heuristic firings point to the document's primary function as a lure to external, potentially harmful, URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160aa469cc9120---nowalodagopurotijusadisu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13e0be0ee12d9a14d100cde532cd7438/xafivafagisare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://walterchiropracticclinic.com/home/walter/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76331035470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a0690d1b93---migutuvikometo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b814c7bade6eac3d658d1d9f7269023f/buguwelonexad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/59929760206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riskhedgetech.com/uploaded/file/1414712935609269a8d524e.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e35f2ca046---18560865841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bet-balance.com/userfiles/file/zoponuxefodufapero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pensjonatagat.pl/userfiles/file/julaxatolipisaxuleverelon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160733d5a151cb---jajitofagomulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coyada.com/up_images/up_images/83737427609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.neosynapses.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ta2k293vnnril6p99c152oog5/numozoboruwaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d669e35dea---78698033025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stringquartet.biz/web/images/fck/file/larizofet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icltindia.in/userfiles/file/taxoram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a495d29acf8---85721149560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ls3q68comko8g4eficv9mv1pm3/22920011251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0f12382898f1d66ecfad799470ef90d/dozoratuduxogirotuxaxasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubselectionvoyages.com/images/file/rovonejawesabevuver.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pima-alarms.net/slicice/file/34249699007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5673b66964890569c174d2d8085ae2e5/44715001057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=synthetic+organic+insecticidesPDF 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_off00012299.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12299 10792 bytes
SHA-256: e5342d6f1bb35c9c49aeefe68598fa88937bff1d94330d84f65c0b62e4b30b98
font_01_sfnt_off00013b40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B40 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015352.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15352 18216 bytes
SHA-256: 5b9384721dde3f41c9fcb35daa72cbd65c8208e2ba89575cbb7a0383f47c8300