Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dccad1ac0149831e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 16:10:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 3004512001cb5bcf41715dab8fdff30c SHA-1: c2fbb45d72bd7bf15a1e265dd3d680dbd0cd77e8 SHA-256: dccad1ac0149831e56fb1d12e47491f1d5179877ce2639681203499639423141
156 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 identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The numerous embedded URLs point to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, but the overall structure and URL patterns indicate an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://fritz-fahrlaender.ch/download/bilezijumodeziwuki.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cda48ec06d---lazulejulimov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa7ce8e48f8---87778167593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97a1c419f32db2a151d4bc38b17358c1/jaxolaliwufozetodevujafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interwork.sk/userfiles/file/94781913091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://horgaszvelem.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81902356621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didula.ru/img/file/vejopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drstevealbrecht.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12eda25a69fd7ac8122b89088c33f14e/nuped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-junsheng.com/upload/file///20217822288610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arch.ua/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pixobukajuzol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://synersys.fr/contenu/file/mudoxemovazupiguveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9l0btv5qq4ai5uoefmvc4n6bpd/falana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dermatologomiguelgallego.com/miguel/fck/file/mikaxotanagukilik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160846344f0982---bulegotejilamabitezaxofej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33b36a3a486a99878ca3a0cf780366d8/wovulitumemegajejebilas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://utuin.net/files/fckeditor/file/bepelewomagivumixopisod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee5fc90160e---11896557449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0e7a361eaa8e3d6980f541bd067dad0/lonuzepejekipafivezepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99bc878fd797e5453ea463472b5e6a5e/moduzunubukat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jumpstart.mobi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jejiduxukenavugitus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longhornrings.com/clients/0/08/08da48574b41509ac7bedcf2500dc652/File/panoxafamotatijal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d51580b33a2---tokazokowijamemoguliwik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161233d6311338---fepozitufulabimum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymango.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00811b72f2819115bd7a754a228c5b7a/tiziwotiduzima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02f5e74e32a0c5d7231b96d281fa97d4/11507707207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=basel+iii+pdfPDF 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_off0000c3ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC3AB 16908 bytes
SHA-256: 2536bad1ab9ef5f87afba52b178bc904ed383dac1e3157c13deb9ab1b5bfa975
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF24 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001073b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1073B 10120 bytes
SHA-256: 01eea65f142ee13817aa86ce89cb961063f7644e98b1e66159f900ef9fee3d6a