Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cc36c75945851c3c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

121.5 KB Created: 2021-08-20 19:46:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 13010a6f1ede1d5308a168974c103ac3 SHA-1: c2536c2496a850a151fb3381921b0e4c77e28871 SHA-256: cc36c75945851c3c8257d21ad6226700f56dc8a62934b7b954a98fd295d724ce
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple URLs, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160742f75a9fee---tatezugi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ligneus.hu/upload/file/34564600780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tanabuauto.com/js/upload/files/97974036412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nilsahost.com/calisma2/files/uploads/vegelebomurobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcc-sa.com/motakamel/Ups/files/motorifagurigadiguxopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhathuydesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nobos52vcsi5ldv5ih7f02pp2b/52672079645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tycoonmedical.com/userfiles/file/fupuselekimejozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v9jgolmb6duvk7t23uslca0g56/napomog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elpmarketing.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b9005212606fa6c94140fe4131275a1/38274562813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acgroupenterprise.com/userfiles/file/timataxabifuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slbreakingnews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66756094595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tiklatakip.com/calisma2/files/uploads/48287670482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3nr5bodgoejh82cse575mvmk60/23924253469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9150e71c45e4f809191ee9b37b8d9a1a/pitiguxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161002ac8afbfc---nizuvogadilagelodinixiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tt87197h64h3ruk14alg20u1g4/gosivoresozonopapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yaslibakicisi.net/userfiles/file/50696759041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gok6n8ig0em07s52hmtbsfrlv1/98925047152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elektrostroy.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62031099021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuonnhanh.vn/Images_upload/files/tumegex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wecans.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/79263956648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muratay.nl/userfiles/file/68296976616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f3497327b---2090395897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.makattakasinti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b301962d4---91153663289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=guion+de+pastorela+c%C3%B3mica+corta+en+pdfPDF 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_off00017361.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17361 18984 bytes
SHA-256: 3013596dbfb3a45adf82c06c648e2c9abe7169ea0b175fe59981ec3bd077e67a
font_01_sfnt_off0001a367.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A367 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001bb7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BB7E 11056 bytes
SHA-256: 4032abedb6386d8453bbd9f46115b885090e39bb5dde980e9c62b46030465183