Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cc01bf9fc00dd0f9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-07-08 08:13:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8e17a1f9eb9897e84f7e203e94917c5e SHA-1: ba4ef543d1d1bf7336957588f1cb4414bf7abcca SHA-256: cc01bf9fc00dd0f9179c42a1ce6bd8254559a4e6e5802f4d988e3a1f6b09bd48
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. The primary intent appears to be SEO poisoning or phishing by redirecting users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=industrial+engineering+and+management+pdf
    • https://soalmatematik.com/userfiles/file/48409609379.pdf
    • http://akicgiyim.com/userfiles/file/35377074719.pdf
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9936867ec2e8c55ac620888cf16e7322/luwirijajoratite.pdf
    • https://primewestelectrical.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a24a1b689dce89069852faba7e462fa/gojixafipubasopememotoz.pdf
    • http://datev.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bisuja.pdf
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e87a1844bb9fa6f03586f2ac4d6f0396/gopilomajajurabimujo.pdf
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/164b8d42a0362d2349aa49ec69b8ba25/gosoxitasalawu.pdf
    • http://gaongonmaiphuong.vn/webroot/img/files/simolelebavonukipunuwit.pdf
    • http://itineraire-consulting.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jotilewofupegog.pdf
    • https://sanruouvang.net/images/uploaded/file/dalukik.pdf
    • https://cleartunemonitors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2417507288.pdf
    • https://roofmed.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160726b9658594---13566769661.pdf
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d95a451735---tewodave.pdf
    • http://dzstock.com/Upfiles/file/49790105274.pdf
    • http://holycrossyouthministryasp.org/clients/f/fa/fa15eac34f6f8ef5a8ada011ffef1578/File/vinasumifewowojubuzemesew.pdf
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4c3d4dedc7---nipaxiwagebirenej.pdf
    • http://mankatomnclassof71.com/clients/e/e0/e0e8961458839910853a12af65841b27/File/bosim.pdf
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095b0c210425---23534210096.pdf
    • http://dges.in/userfiles/file/93370183761.pdf
    • http://kibbkw.com/uploads/file/fajatomojisu.pdf
    • http://yilip.net/userData/board/file/paputinidatedada.pdf
    • http://watsonwilliamsreunion.com/clients/82103/File/logabaz.pdf
    • http://audiencefertilization.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/49018244927.pdf
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66a9a7d6c8e61e3dfef51f5089cfab86/jezalaman.pdf
    • 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_off0000eb61.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB61 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010373.bin
98e7edfac4776cbfa42db9e5444bf2e33a4da31db62ae60e39136974edd367a6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10373 16920 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012fa1.bin
21227a3d33c1a4f81c6fa3a78fc3ccdc3680ab022e6b61d6ea892a80de20a318
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FA1 10772 bytes