Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cc54f8e0c4c610e8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.8 KB Created: 2021-06-12 14:10:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 600ec5a8a65d249c51e58e7993bf0ae0 SHA-1: 2abf28fa149e537ab4b8a54a182615877c083110 SHA-256: cc54f8e0c4c610e821675b0a14b905cc1bf29a9c3cf70869cd3d3402805e1d3d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for initiating the redirection or further payload execution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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 https://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=english+grammar+conditional+sentences+pdf+with+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://xn--80aafkqcanfpgnhbng3b5i9a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/ragokakiwejenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092c9ec57720---51363310278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikoljski.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/julekamefegaxamexuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/978bba755c03d9d254cbd9d03507289d/39555993011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panziofabian.hu/fck_kepek/lubovobuxefumuxutapupif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reaga.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vigosazuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7244u40ngqdgoc5r1k8klbu84k/soxafijagos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hagepoorter.be/files/files/76873096790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0450e4c96056c645e2ec8f374e9c96fd/keradewuvuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photographybynami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099cfa848069---33205044024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1mimkkhbvjg6isf4tk5f819ieg/tovabadumefenemizelor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j2ue2dj956po52l81qp3bq08c1/ganirawaxopurunokun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e01m7isqnc66s29c336ff7os1/zedokevunimud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/zogewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nbcs4lgj4ikfip61elefq0cref/punupofigumajatanolamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f321.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF321 5620 bytes
SHA-256: 0646c0afdf60cd31493b1acf66ba6b97e77735d4b8ee3048b0cc7f79374632a5
font_01_sfnt_off00010629.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10629 10516 bytes
SHA-256: 488d6dfddf616f9e647b85da9c72e08b6357c70b22058e011ad7242f6571b101