Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dcc9a5be049b82cf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-07-29 20:28:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7da5ddc5607c4f213d777e31f4526b70 SHA-1: e2d1148c9a186747510b32fd29d2efdb1d0e408b SHA-256: dcc9a5be049b82cfd13a80483f476eca61a9b5c769ee78e8fba2c22719fd379c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV confirming a 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' detection. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or appear to be part of a link farm, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript, though not fully analyzed here, further supports the malicious intent of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 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 http://saikunghouse.hk/userfiles/69944653239.pdf
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbad8d89f0879e0daaedead7d488aac0/45511418426.pdf
    • http://sattosushi.com/uploads/files/bijagivagitebaxu.pdf
    • https://arichaindia.com/userfiles/file/94231091555.pdf
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/74463695975.pdf
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b00d521eb5a40f93fe1686644b69b47f/94574080467.pdf
    • http://sqc.jp/user_data/editor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/files/pilawekodojapowojilinowiw.pdf
    • http://project-lovcen.me/userfiles/file/gubapoxudalikejakaxu.pdf
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/189544ae128f56bf088e3ccc2a136cda/96379150709.pdf
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5refd7s6cqkd7oakmt3famcikj/pevela.pdf
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f563260cb89---46206651166.pdf
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69093865ea237d68fc0cbb08472c6901/benok.pdf
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/zuwexudikadenatudovov.pdf
    • https://carparts-fixture.com/file/file/52694761802.pdf
    • http://paoladebenedetti.eu/userfiles/files/wetasolumutumezupek.pdf
    • https://alutat.com/data/file/20353146083.pdf
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160853bf35d672---27247466012.pdf
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tnqu7futvshpj7u57su44ftvkv/94614685744.pdf
    • http://csc028.com/userfiles/file/20210721144208_wmy4uh.pdf
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9235fe59e395e4f66ae54010be3b9d46/bedopagobibir.pdf
    • http://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722aaa9d73b---luseka.pdf
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcad8350d6f---pibekifipolaga.pdf
    • http://edv-denk.com/userfiles/file/96667769710.pdf
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0d33d72181e7fa637cb3fe25aea1d02/nakawifivarixeruxigiv.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+cite+a+pdf+in+mla+8
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f162.bin
27ec15367757dc5b4b08bbec9b49fefe500697b9f6a41b69ac46f59ca2ffe4e8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF162 17168 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011e36.bin
2fd036a5fa348d1e2b7fe98386047eaa13e2ba5b6b567e6d503e3c045163d6a1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E36 11012 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000137dd.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137DD 16792 bytes