Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dccee993f1b79b47…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 00:05:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 509b4d663eeb471b18a381ce09a6cee3 SHA-1: d9305a628952d9dae64bb8735918579258b1bb2f SHA-256: dccee993f1b79b47ca8b524f0a77bdf734c269a3cc64ce863a6a677ef8374357
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a malicious PDF detected by ClamAV and ML classifiers, containing embedded JavaScript. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites, including those hosted on WordPress uploads and other disposable domains. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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://szzxwx.com/Upload/Upload/file/20218141020539194.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf9bc68e88b---40013039770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taxiluzern.ch/khurasan/userfiles/files/93422987926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alugutader.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47603006349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iphastkala.com/userfiles/file/39360100103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillandcunnreunion.com/clients/864369/File/78730289132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fundraisingwebsites.com/clients/9/96/963d931f30a9d2280975e71a7f923c96/File/28672200364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8e6dca130dca03e4306d446546d7e53/99372238212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed48e9309e0---tizosipidoterularuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedvizhimost-v-sharm-el-sheikhe.ru/uploads/files/nabokimox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinside.pl/userfiles/file/lepeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sklepjola.pl/userfiles/file/komidolejosuzifexovop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lica.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vigedovodupipituradi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/258i4hpti0fsprj888orodtl73/xilewevaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tehnicgaz.eu/files/file/68070234410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2-view.org/home/view/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46530145320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pickup-ws.com/userfiles/files/82938055805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns.hu/_user/file/giwaxobetidabakalat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interativacorretora.com/fotosempresa//files/lelivewizutokisipuzetaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vur77q3oda76gkel366bj3ppoe/47421821930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160723fa1c851c---jigotovib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hilltoplancers1975.com/clients/13753/File/waxedamubalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=nice+parkinson%27s+guidelines+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_off0000c595.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC595 17688 bytes
SHA-256: 4db51f3e74c809f18b0e8ccbb097500f623cda4941b47c07a8a6fc41649df52d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f353.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF353 10900 bytes
SHA-256: f3148265d76081c6969632376f729ea672a8a7f83ecbd5f8ede291f728f73f04
font_02_sfnt_off00010c80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C80 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1