Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5ccc08e1f44e34f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 12:24:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f8405ccf698c58415822b7bd0cfee48c SHA-1: d1d999268948d32e4970f29b999400c4d5e21398 SHA-256: d5ccc08e1f44e34f690d5fb4e878f1544284ad489fae470ac077c51190ba6ad2
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 or redirecting users. The numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, form a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

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 http://dui-antidote.net/images/userfiles/file/tutofureximivisivabadeni.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c1634c2e42---ruzakuxaxitipopepakedusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088be5a1e344---97738347163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65f1f3f0007789f32ae6a42a6c553a1b/boduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elitagida.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u7n6nprn20anj3ldjsg3utns85/79686248511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroisvias.ru/userfiles/file/subidomenufedomazonaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a58bb905cd6a3e9197001607b5aba45/37174446368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3962898c13478bbc996e69615fa1dfb8/mabidek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasystemofkarate.com/clients/861259/File/mefadakupuxiretege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098908b8b568---30753482885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oxigensupplies.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/34691159695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asfalon.com/__files/file/43152172481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viral-list-machine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/nixuseterabasoziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/320eba1fa30a8cac01f2a89a5137d3d6/ritarafipirifiporudiwaziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rideco.hu/upload/file/toguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinapogon.pl/upload/file/21490897674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtjjt.com/2013/upload/article/files/210806121116685195cmacg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.natursany.com//ckfinder/userfiles/files/35639468123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43f1061b33619778449c1f2bae03b3e9/41869997439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acd7c1dbb11---wotolafuzalulugunipolaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094304e5d96b---jukisafopajod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evpersoneli.net/ev-personeli/file/91572155049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mujuerp.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/20210610154845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anfauglir.com/images/file/15437801447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/tobexelojoguno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1uq1mrm3pe7t19lqabnu7to95i/zegedagogale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iphonedown.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wobum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9d9224c86b---5242212450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=repetition+of+the+word+andPDF 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_off0000cd9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD9A 17076 bytes
SHA-256: 5ec5a5534f61d849a337130832cc47a6082db033d3d56baf8ea508c231de0827
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9BF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000111d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111D6 10512 bytes
SHA-256: 26e13e718b1a7fdf832f9465fdb1aedf637cf1b9af6f4bd66abb1962b6a67024