Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dcc6adc6b4ddb37d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.8 KB Created: 2021-09-29 08:47:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: cf2977c819f4daed9a9a5c51a7a4530e SHA-1: 2ce6ba1c9959eaf7ceb348f7fb5a26b77edd0755 SHA-256: dcc6adc6b4ddb37d63869bd18f58d912d4258443eacac231e07c9c57e7afc011
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. The PDF also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites and disposable hosting domains, likely to distribute phishing content or download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=math+154b+completing+the+square+worksheet PDF link annotation
    • https://gospel-streams.com/asset/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71452834545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://telliogluhukuk.com/userfiles/file/zogudajubokise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neurondevelopment.org/userfiles/file/88502461090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134ada85d300---90574599437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigyikesmedia.com/home/xtremweb/public_html/consultinstitute/web/upload/files/wudigavipefejimogekinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ehgtfh6559b47cqrsdpsut9mm/96042177843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://park-seversk.ru/other/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vewav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sk-massimo.com/js/upload/files/jigobavozurokuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulanceservice.pl/userfiles/file/75127047192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614400e74ff41---tetaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonymusic.se/UserFiles/files/52733532154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artepcb.com/upload/files/69916970562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hs-hofgastein.salzburg.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36393465021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iv0u99nl9k289ah0egti11i5bt/sofamixepomelodorusolarok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flomogroup.com/upload/files/61153210494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uspeh-kursk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50372152017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1e6358114a2706cbb0d916dcfa79f89/nimojikolewoxuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timeyear-v.com/userfiles/file/todax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kroonzuivel.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37159052361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viktorina.ledoritulys.lt/files/33123358826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandarinkinesiska.com/userfiles/file/nuxubivobepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icon-studios.com/userfiles/file/jafalaxebipawavotimiwuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161381d3f9c527---78323766222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gachbinhduong.com/upload/file/bupuvelegowifomixatafati.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_off0000b3d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3D1 11640 bytes
SHA-256: 814e65123f778a36b8ae9541be60ac8e02b910a27aa571df828ab9e5ca9bf386
font_01_sfnt_off0000cefe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEFE 16700 bytes
SHA-256: 0bcf1c2de2c3bc3e4fc1badaa4ffeb29fd781335493da13bd9deaf783519db02
font_02_sfnt_off0000f915.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF915 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1