Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cc0f0a75bc9ea837…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-08-14 05:50:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: b866d91538b7ea61e19e8c8a6244cf90 SHA-1: 6c5914b252c0742ab264df21c093be5bd3490422 SHA-256: cc0f0a75bc9ea8376263c3b93a8a7bf8c01a7baf5d7d701c02a15fa93c705b47
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code or initiating redirects.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/3891773901.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fitnessklub-impuls.pl/uploads/assets/file/7152553148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kernenshepler.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/xesolasoderabajotifirura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3a43ad2c72d49933e9c2488c39e3352/farisemogozopufefemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://runo34.ru/attachments/file/kamuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkoronetour.com/userfiles/file/30269013279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073c2d47db3f---15401925189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brixtontaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/52294563717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidolamerica.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdc8b477babbd6e11e1a8d5799d72c31/61169227085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddd45a4d683---16525801771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bundoreh.com/fckeditor/files/file/retilobuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://askopenko.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6511724c8433ec7d6232fc91b4676483/zezufil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capitalclassof1971.com/clients/4/4c/4c1e4f015ba9b8bec237dc1ca705466d/File/nosexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieuthikhoacaocap.vn/upload/files/57936111298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12shio1.com/contents//files/74573432640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607971a170e99---74163673713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--h49avwqct32ewe967crscpsaz7d.com/ckupload/files/tusupalidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoiotelecom.com/imagens/img_fckeditor/file/mawewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://locthanhroyal.com/upload/files/sapodapusedefejakonejofez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eda032dbaf5---25975268701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suacuachuyennghiep.com/uploads/files/kezusupetofowuriwebagon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prospr.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sorakeped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5196d52e5d---8484929502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=bts+all+songs+2013+to+2020+playlistPDF 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_off0000f5de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5DE 10828 bytes
SHA-256: 27a0b94171d9cb55ced1794c0dd27a0508b49d953a26366e69e5c20c7a2e15be
font_01_sfnt_off00010f1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F1C 16592 bytes
SHA-256: 228084cc67eabf767f0f0efd45bbeabc8231c9cb081be2d481ddec695104f442
font_02_sfnt_off000139f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139F7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1