Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cc2c86a4a5e53656…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-09-14 03:22:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f7d6bf0469c4a5d6dac5785ce4a20ea9 SHA-1: f9947a695bc32b321e419cb6c8975d7f053c0e51 SHA-256: cc2c86a4a5e5365688a4f560ceaad5a2f226713847f67cd9ff7e733f146ee744
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports this malicious intent. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' confirms the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • 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 http://tcyy88.com/userfiles/file/2021090200591973499.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sportsbettingconsultants.net/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xujonalutawovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanobubblevietnam.com/uploads/userfiles/file/zositobasugatanuxemomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0955205219.jwa.tw/userfiles/files/71004134347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctcinsulator.com/uploads/file/23158599425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fde7144b16---24414182493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161396518b6b7c---22599092285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saltokisport.com/uploads/files/wugoxirakapuromerejelagox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://novinfasteners.com/userfiles/file/7735412245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161369a90b2286---2398359381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fd024e6a40---43588852913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://przygodanaukrainie.pl/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tidumufitewoxigila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carbonelite.ru/file/zuravexovopeputupus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130cb6864fd7---85641959156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6a5063f64f38efbba4a2859aa3cf394/garizewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-harmonics.com/upload/files/misisudifituk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dermatologomiguelgallego.com/miguel/fck/file/nenilakuxewoleme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zippy-inc.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/mexorerimizaneguvamon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jarauwerdaenzn.nl/userfiles/file/9876575317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131be900f6aa---75752478395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delfosventures.com/userfiles/files/nomoguwesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosonnguyenthanh.vn/webroot/userfiles/files/74848279653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://o-dance.com/upload/files/6103949767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613487043f10f---numaverafopoderedarejuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=my+cafe+mod+apk+latest+versionPDF 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_off0000e92d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE92D 11048 bytes
SHA-256: 56e37894420002ff30a91c5332e58b55e0b0b205022392a3a57a81b94938b47a
font_01_sfnt_off000102ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102EE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011b00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B00 18508 bytes
SHA-256: 37fccc688decae44ec028189530b166428a01d6a952ede44aa99efab45ee1ea6