Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cc238999f5fda8ef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.6 KB Created: 2021-07-25 06:58:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 4e6017aca8ddcb158a754e9ec4e3ba12 SHA-1: 3149f368eb26a63e862482f5a0b155d36c2e55e0 SHA-256: cc238999f5fda8ef5a19278bbb39edf10b5952b722a78c134ff7152baeb088f4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document functions as a link farm, directing users to various compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, likely to facilitate the download of further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://coevent.ru/upload/files/28173625097.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://megat.pl/uploaded/fck_files/file/juxikiwumefakuxox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoncmswebsitebeheer.nl/files/editor/file/wopolazonepuzelotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e984e6edec3---nuvopar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidmitt.com/img/files/file/bukeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67c343afbb2e837c7b3205783c27a31f/42105267046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bayardplaza.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5rmbkb37ehhelt2l135rco3ou6/29354947374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/276420be63ab1b108c7862317293af6a/89458769183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferropula.hr/files/sixusikit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xo-sound.ru/userfiles/file/92712451432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coastalstudio.com/images/main/file/zokur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrsgladysosei.com/clients/f/fd/fd76c46f75d01f7adbe86f52c2a5b8c1/File/29493365670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cc-loges.com/uploads/file/rozugufatovulawekowipidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b44d3151e78---femukatepodexiloxos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6j8617u4s3vaj16gd1fkm8g0l7/92090637020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bfcce3fb03407d7b6c5601446f364af/depobovevesita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uekekb.ru/!upload/files/75796408082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b866d4470df---66194264249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf7ff55edba9c285850f7ab95e38ecaf/42585101687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gitishahjahanpur.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dowuripatujujokakemikis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akarchlight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bac803d4d1309bce3f9b00e4c5319123/dimoxovixoxiwup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fca0c63f31---38538251996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lionkingbali.com/uploads/file/58719614848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/392f77df431ab4547b5f31390758ed96/vemadanulogamiluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074c6fc759a4---68202672433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=the+reader+full+movie+in+hindi+filmyzillaPDF 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_off0000f9eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9EB 10656 bytes
SHA-256: 1cbfd540fb1d82bd87588c9697bf19d4707ecf51fac892e8fd35c800cd27ac8d
font_01_sfnt_off00011220.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11220 17916 bytes
SHA-256: 16dde16081c027067bed05b492b22336915416c60b37391075f626111e1e217c
font_02_sfnt_off00014141.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14141 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1