Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cc020908e2157c52…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.6 KB Created: 2021-06-29 02:59:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3003d37b85af27ec587def16194f45ea SHA-1: 6dda03c70c9d71ca9c36904a87b21612bf7f320b SHA-256: cc020908e2157c52711dca3f042cb40d735b18aa5a59ac6635b453ac5d94f59d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded URLs are the primary indicators of this malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gears+pulley+drives+and+sprockets
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d1c446ed9d---64374212984.pdf
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9cbd3541db---sazapolisojufu.pdf
    • https://www.hamburgeriaagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2lkur76te1qjt3mnv7h9uq3h20/dizoruvejerokinego.pdf
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c504adc4eac---13500314354.pdf
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ef9e540a081ad80a26b3cd28c861486/konagimirekonuz.pdf
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3e92f2b638---roturesanexamavepumibon.pdf
    • http://mousike.it/img_ins/files/dixaruk.pdf
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d62a24b01ba---74338999623.pdf
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tvq8iq4u6almbpo8ajlnqaa70o/guwonabawu.pdf
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2m9n5dvb6vut37d7bv3g41qe8/30795206501.pdf
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee5264a09baa37a8e671263605c8210e/rokimamog.pdf
    • http://jentretiens.ch/uploadimage/kosoteledepesolu.pdf
    • http://activesolutionelectric.com/images/file/dorilin.pdf
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aeb63249c5f---kuguwoxujoka.pdf
    • http://aryajob.com/user_upload/file/rukoj.pdf
    • http://capitaloffice.pl/fotki/file/dumolamodukafafaxuj.pdf
    • https://laser-arena.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f71998fadf---97294544167.pdf
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3s9i4ia4kaftkp6u29m33a2dfh/19727230277.pdf
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0q69g4lkf1pd1pq3e3dld73bd5/45607124339.pdf
    • http://hoggard1975.com/clients/a/a4/a43fc1111b7ad4318f8b553feb79a890/File/43280857931.pdf
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-7/20210507021757412320.pdf
    • http://tramtronbetong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/62523824309.pdf
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082692eebd6e---rerarazotuwidov.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_off00010bb6.bin
3f8e1ecab8b65bcf413d9ad45394e7c354b4ae33da877187655647f2f8ea44ca
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BB6 10916 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001252a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1252A 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013d3c.bin
924c1c21705fb703687d56cc3f32e31e1b2db3bbf5cac99d3322d6bc0b12a740
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D3C 16884 bytes