Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0ccb410ea461bea1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.6 KB Created: 2021-09-29 07:01:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: c1c8b022b8517a16314773e91aeedfd4 SHA-1: 475d19a36fa9e2688724131124228ea104689bfc SHA-256: 0ccb410ea461bea195c069f725e05fee4dc840e27c0d0e7a80fc26a028318839
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a high ML classifier score, along with ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan', strongly suggests malicious intent. The primary goal appears to be redirecting users through a chain of links, likely to a phishing page or to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://duocmyphamcongty.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/luminesujosuzoja.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lawfirm.vn/MINH/user_files/file/6396564669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandinhr.eu/images/user/file/95079993084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviapartner.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pixoxagorejumafuzakoxikov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aalzkj.love-mrt.com/upload/files/bumorubetezexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpm-sa.com/userfiles/file/10785757281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indcms.testingmachines.com/images/file/luzanelurexotuvibil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ssekolkata.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11110282308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prasongp.com/file_media/file_image/file/68074491400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mabifitness.it/userfiles/files/sovibejosubekesapuliva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614e062399dc1---xisomaletud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cabe283d00---76860799770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/csk0nip1l67cnu4mlneqts61p4/juledelobutudodebew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efnnma.org/files/file/14442396319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talentfuturesservices.com/sharpinstitute/images/files/jiralulivawegerifineg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mashura.co/userfiles/files/88073650008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grdr.org/paidel/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20337089573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tunhuaduytan.com/upload/userfiles/files/sanowevixegopazozipelaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stephankeppel.com/userfiles/file/romifowuvezof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamienneogrody.com/userfiles/file/87831070491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135e73a117db---gewivabusisimuvagabevare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shtaket46.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/96972344366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1k7qfeoga0dm60u9lua90gmdpv/giveje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interstyle.org/content/xuploadimages/file/tusererebawiwetigedoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=child%27s+play+2019+putlockerPDF 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_off0000bd3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBD3F 19620 bytes
SHA-256: 8200f0b6ec1cca089a6bdf25a4bc499b379a04a7589d0b8ece9d3f1707eadfe4
font_01_sfnt_off0000efe1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFE1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000107f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107F8 11340 bytes
SHA-256: 7628dd472d75874a896dabb929887caeb925aea9b60a5ca6dee6881ed060df26