Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1cc8a06f5f58f551…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 01:47:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 89dfc68f8705049a6334a314d096e392 SHA-1: c0b0a38cce6573fb60e5bf6d80e828ab96978a17 SHA-256: 1cc8a06f5f58f5511fdabe3ed2676d4082ccdc4a079d4086edc8a1675d683b9d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and is flagged as a link farm on disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript stream, along with the ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan', strongly suggests malicious intent. The primary goal appears to be directing users to compromised or malicious websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9897

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cocoa+wood+and+lass+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://happyland-nsk.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/firemidajojomogujoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rw-hse-businessconsulting.de/userfiles/file/dudofak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coachhouse.info/assets/file/59250825589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7132f7b6420edd478bcfe86e32381b66/xafonadabimotemiwunej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corumosmanlimakina.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sikatufoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinariomauracotti.it/userfiles/files/pemisapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db298a50e72---40255589948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://9meclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29219409133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-18/20210618123745533531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdes.in/uploads/75309602495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/348293b3dbcf1982f76c36ef3108b82f/25439631421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hairtransplantmangalore.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/zusetifesovoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmina.ru/uploads/files/21091855395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobydick-band.de/fckdata/file/16613046479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dadrarad.ro/userfiles/file/62450064748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8eeb51ee7a539952dbf68c8d7dbbe89/44499030240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://healthywithhart.com/res/file/22876530626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jasfec.com/imgs/uploads/navumukagivowexotuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kavtas.com/images_upload/files/sadepomuposesagasebiwavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzcil.com/uploadfile/files/xuseleketet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087cbd174dc0---sujewejozobam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090f9ffd6d56---zosatabesetege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indyskischool.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/degekotosuremoxizomiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otvorene-srdce.sk/userfiles/file/rezowobijariputokelorotek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cautrucpalang.vn/webroot/img/files/49522751158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60188cdf7f72344af2c47313ca6f6e07/86190977523.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_off000108a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108A0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000120b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120B7 10308 bytes
SHA-256: 0d465ba7455217af8e2a766e68f72a5a07479a3de6569376cdcc655f6904728c
font_02_sfnt_off00013824.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13824 20184 bytes
SHA-256: f7a3a561e20d97b1bbb65c9bb250a0fa65cd7036bf70ca2a473339f64d409d72